Chicago Eye
July 07, 2010 | admin | Comments 0
Open your eyes, Chicago, and meet the gaze of a 30-foot eyeball. That stare from the 30-foot “EYE” sculpture, officially opens this morning in Chicago’s Loop. Tony Tasset is the artist behind the eyeball.
For help with his handiwork, Tasset turned to Wisconsin-based Fiberglass Animals, Shapes & Trademarks. Sculptors built and painted the ocular mass by hand, using between 8,000 and 9,000 pounds of fiberglass and another 9,000 pounds of steel.
“Tony’s a great guy to work with,” says Darren Shauf, general manager of F.A.S.T. “He’s got a great eye.”
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