Art is language and public art is public speech.
Jonathan Jones
The Guardian
Join me as I tour Chicago's Public Art
from The Daley Plaza to The Adler Planetarium
First stop, the Daley plaza at Washington and Dearborn.
Unvield in 1967 The Picasso was Chicago's first real piece of modern public art
On that day business as usual changed for Chicago's public spaces
Prior to the Picasso Chicago's outdoor sculptures
were monuments of historical figures from the past
With the Picasso Chicago now had High Art as Public Art
Chicago had elevated it's cultural standing
At that moment, Chicago became world class.
Two blocks south at Adams and Dearborn
Federal Plaza features Alexander Calders Flamingo
The Calder is landed on a large plaza
next to Mies van der Rohe's -Kluczynski Federal Building
Flamingo allows you to roam around, through and underneath of it
On the way to the museum campus at Roosevelt and Columbus
I pass through Agora by Magdelena Abakanowicz - aba can o vitch
In ancient greece the Agora was the main gathering place in town
The greeks Agora was the center of artistic, spiritual and political life.
Chicago Agora feels primal, primitive and somewhat ancient
The headless, armless figures speak to ones intellectual self
Chicago's Shedd aquarium beckons vistors
with Stephan Balkenhol's bronze Man with Fish
Welcoming the tourists the fountain informs the viewer of what's to come
It stands watch at the aquarium after all
The Adler Planetarium, last stop, end of the line
Henry Moore's stellar cast bronze sundial
Man Enters the Cosmos
Conceptualy fits it's location
Like Man with Fish
Cosmos informs that this is a Planetarium
Cosmos signifies man's knowledge of the Universe.
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