METALmorphosis
METALmorphosis is a large (7 meters; weighing 13 tons) kinetic sculpture of a human head, by Czech artist David Černý. The sculpture is in the Whitehall Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it was inaugurated in 2007, and it sits in a large reflecting pool.[1]
The piece is executed in polished stainless steel. The sculpture is made of 40 layers articulated into 7 pieces that can rotate individually. Originally, the sculpture could spout water from the head's mouth. A later and larger work, Head of Franz Kafka (Czech: Hlava Franze Kafky), a bust of Franz Kafka made of 45 tons of steel, is in Prague.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Velinger, Jan (25 September 2007). "New David Cerny sculpture, Metalmorphosis, unveiled in Charlotte". Radio Prague.
- ↑ Chan, Casey (24 October 2011). "A Giant spinning Human Head Water Fountain is oddly mesmerizing". gizmodo.com.
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