| Cloud Column | |
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 Cloud Column in Houston | |
| Artist | Anish Kapoor |
| Year | 1998 (1998)-2006 (2006) |
| Medium | Stainless steel sculpture |
| Location | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 29°43′38″N 95°23′27″W / 29.7272°N 95.3907°W / 29.7272; -95.3907 |
Cloud Column is a monumental stainless steel 2006 sculpture by Anish Kapoor, installed outside Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas, in 2018.
The sculpture was completed in England and transported to its current location, The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, on March 27, 2018.
Some locals have given the artwork the nickname "El Frijol". In Spanish, "frijol" means "bean", which is the English nickname for Kapoor's Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate (2006).
Its dimensions are 351 × 130 × 80 in. (891.5 × 330.2 × 203.2 cm). Kapoor began working on the sculpture in 1998, completing it in 2006.
See also
- Cloud Gate (2006), made by the same artist
- List of public art in Houston
References
- "Anish Kapoor: Cloud Column", MFAH.org. Accessed: 26 November 2018.
- Glentzer, Molly (March 27, 2018). "MFAH's new Anish Kapoor sculpture has landed". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Communications. ISSN 1074-7109. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- Glentzer, Molly (November 14, 2017). "Sneak Peek: The new Glassell School of Art". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- "MFAH". Archived from the original on 2020-04-07.
- "Where to fuel up and wind down during the Chevron Houston Marathon". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- "The MFAH Collections".
External links
- Cloud Column at AnishKapoor.com
- Cloud Column at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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