Chicago Public Art

        Art is in everywhere of our city. The Crown Fountain, which was designed by Jaume Plensa, opened in July 2004. The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed

between a pair of glass brick towers, and each towers is fifteen meters tall. A thousand of different smile faces display on two LEDs screens.

        Near the Crown Fountain, it is the Cloud Gate. It is famous for its image which look likes a huge bean. It is the largest sculpture in the world. 
        In the same street, Art Institute Public Gardens and Art Institute Museum are here. The Gardens was designed by England artist Henry Moore. It look likes a soft body from a person.  In front of the Art Institute Museum, two lions are

standing in left and right. The lions were made by turquoise and designed by Edward Kemeys.

        The Chicago Civic Center is a place where we all knew, but not all of us can notice that there are two sculptures around the center, the Chicago Picasso and the Monument with Standing Beast.The Monument with Standing is a 8.8 meters white fiberglass artwork by Jean Dubuffet. The sculpture is known to many Chicago's people as "Snoopy in a blender". And the Cubist sculpture by Picasso which is 15.2 meters tall has become a well-known landmark in downtown Chicago. Visitors can climb on and slid down the base of the sculpture.

        Visiting those artworks, I saw many visitors played in there with smile. Those artworks support a best way to people touch art and enjoy art. Art is not just a noblest object in museum or gallery, it can be friendly and diverting as well. Thanks for this project, I have a chance to pay more attention on art in our city.