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Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a 53-foot-tall (16 m) [2] stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [3]
15 kwi 2023 · You don’t imagine Illinois. But the artistic attributes of the fabulous fowl have earned it a place in the heart of Chicago. In October 1974, the public was introduced to Alexander Calder’s Flamingo, a 53-foot, 50-ton steel sculpture that boldly embodies the bird that inspired its name.
27 lip 2017 · Alexander Calder's 1974 "Flamingo" sculpture, a widely recognized attraction for visitors and locals alike, stands in Federal Center Plaza in downtown Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and (as of 2020) the third-largest in the United States.
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Alexander Calder’s Flamingo, unveiled in 1974, is an abstract sculpture that adds color and texture to the stark black backdrop of Mies van der Rohe’s Chicago Federal Center. It was part of a renaissance in public art in Chicago that started with the Picasso statue and continues today.
Crafted from steel and ingeniously engineered to withstand Chicago's infamous winds, the Flamingo exhibits a striking contrast of color and form. Its vivid, flaming red color offsets the surrounding monochrome cityscape, evoking its namesake bird amid a sea of high-rise pigeons.
