In the United Nations park in Buenos Aires, there's an eye catching sculpture called Floralis Generica, or the Generic Flower in Latin. It was designed by Eduardo Catalano, an Argentinian architect who trained in the US.
The 18 ton sculpture opens up during the day and closes at night. I didn't get a picture of it, but it was glowing red at night which was pretty cool looking.
As a tangent, while looking up Catalano, I found this page about the first house he designed in the US, which was recently demolished.
Comments (3)
What a fantastic piece of art!! I am on the Evanston, Illinois' Public Art Committee and would like contact information for Mr. Catalano as we are in the process of sending out a Request for Proposal for a piece of art for our downtown business district. If you would send me his email address or his home or office address I would greatly appreciate it. If you don't have his contact information, do you have any recommendations on how I can find him? Thank you in advance.
Posted by James Kirby, AIA | October 26, 2005 2:57 PM
Posted on October 26, 2005 14:57
Sorry, everything I know about him is from Google.
Posted by whatisee | October 26, 2005 7:23 PM
Posted on October 26, 2005 19:23
I heard that the sculpture was designed to cheer up the Argentinian people during theirworst economic crisis. If that is true then I admire the empathy and the sensitivity
of the artist for his country and countrymen.
Nowhere in the world,have I come across a more beautiful dedication of the art for such a noble and human cause.
Posted by ansabnis | December 19, 2007 10:51 PM
Posted on December 19, 2007 22:51