Batcolum - by Claes Oldenburg
1977
Cor-Ten steel painted gray / H 100 ft.
Location: Harold Washington Social Security Administration Building Plaza..
600 W. Madison
Commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration,
through its Art-in-Architecture Program
through its Art-in-Architecture Program
On observing Chicago’s flat terrain, the Swedish-born artist once commented, “the real art here is architecture, or anything that really stands up.” . Like all of Oldenburg’s monuments, Batcolumn combines a humorous and irreverent attitude toward popular objects with meticulous construction details and handling of scale and proportion. It can alternately be seen as a reference to historical monumental columns, a salute to the American institution of baseball or a tribute to the steel industry.
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