“Paintings Below Zero” by Gordon Halloran are on display in Chicago’s Millennium Park until sometime this spring. The art fixture consists of sheets of ice with pigments on aluminum tubes with liquid glycol to keep them cool. They are worked on throughout the exhibit to change the textures and colors of the pieces.
The ice sheets are on display in the park behind “Cloudgate” aka “The Bean.” They’re cool and all (no pun intended) but not what I expected. I expected them to be freestanding blocks of different sizes and shapes rather than panels rigged up in a metal superstructure (the above link to his website really implies that). I especially like, though, how the city of Chicago keeps coming up with reasons for people to be out
and about in the city, especially during the winter. Gotta love Chicago!(By the way, New Yorkers, the reason you have a reputation for being obnoxious is because you do things like coming to Chicago in February and complaining about it being cold. I know for a fact it gets cold in New York, too (today for instance it’s a balmy 24 degrees) so quit your bitch'n or stay home!)
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