Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate Sculpture is an abstract sculpture by British-Indian-born British artist, Sir Anish Kapoor. The sculpture is located on top of an AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, IL, in front of Chase Tower. Anish Kapoor is known for his sculptures featuring geometric shapes and objects. The cloud gate sculpture is not unlike many of these works. Its shape and form are somewhat reminiscent of many other Kapoor sculptures, such as the Cloud Gate and the Sky Bridge sculptures.
The Cloud Gate sculpture is also very similar to the structure of the Cloud Gate located at the World Trade Center in New York City. Anish’s sculptures often feature geometric and multi-colored shapes. Many of the Kapoor sculptures that have been made over the past thirty years or so are made with a combination of different shapes and colors. These different shapes and colors are combined to make the sculpture appear as if it is floating in midair. 
The sculpture and the AT&T plaza are part of Millennium Park, which is located adjacent to the Illinois State Fairgrounds, within the southern boundaries of the Chicago Loop. This park was designed to create a walking and shopping experience for visitors as well as an outdoor gathering place for family and friends.
Millennium Park consists of more than thirty parks, public open spaces, and greenbelts, which are arranged around an urbanized section of Chicago. The entire park, consisting of more than sixty acres of property, has a permanent population of six hundred thousand people. Millennium Park also has an important role as the venue for the annual World Festival of Children’s Arts, which has been hosted annually since 1970. The festival includes more than one hundred performances by different artists, all in their own unique style.
The most prominent artworks in Millennium Park are two sculptures, which are the most famous: Cloud Gate Sculpture. The sculpture is made from three thousand three hundred pounds of granite and is created using the latest technology. The work of the artist, Sir Anish Kapoor is made in two pieces of four feet by six feet, and it is then mounted on four large pillars.
The Cloud Gate sculpture was created with the help of a team of experts, including local sculptors and a technician who works for the Illinois Department of Transportation. In fact, the Cloud Gate was the inspiration for a famous quote by Robert Frost, the famous English poet, who was living in Chicago during the late 1930s. Frost said that the city was like a beautiful cloud, which was enveloping the entire world. A cloud is a kind of a metaphor for the artist’s vision. According to the artist, he has used the metaphor to bring the beauty of his imagination into form.
In terms of the symbolism of the Cloud Gate Sculpture, Sir Anish says that this piece is about the transformation of art into an object. He says that he hopes that the work of art, which he creates can also be transformed into an object of worship and love for all people who view it. It symbolizes life as it was experienced in the past, and in its present form.