Google links with artist Sanford Biggers to create a major outdoor sculpture for Loop headquarters
The internationally acclaimed artist Sanford Biggers will create a 30-foot-tall sculpture inspired by 19th century quilt patterns for Google's Chicago headquarters, the tech giant announced Wednesday.Called Vector, the angular, winding sculpture will be composed of glazed terra cotta panels — a contrast to the glassy and rounded headquarters and its now-muted exterior colors brought about by the building's current renovation."The quilt is interesting to me because it is sort of the repository…
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