“So much money for something that’s going to get trashed at around 7 p.m. tonight,” Ms. Jozey a security guard said, shaking her head in disbelief, while referring to the “Ice Wall”, 12 feet high and 95 feet long, in the Chicago Millennium Park.
Friday marked the last day of the exhibit of artist Gordon Halloran’s “Paintings Below Zero, ”created by freezing water into different shapes and adding abstract coloring to create a thick wall of what many people called “beauty.” Halloran and his crew worked from February to December to build the project.
Halloran states that if nothing else , he wants people to walk away remembering his work.
Halloran, known for his work with ice, creates ice paintings using technology to keep his paintings cold. Besides the Ice Wall , he was also responsible for designs on the ice skating rink in Millennium Park that consist of a mixture of what co-worker and artist Chad said “ a dazzling usage of equality of color.” Also in his past the artist has worked on creations around the world.
More than 25,000 people visited Millennium Park. Some we’re tourist others we’re Chicagoans just enjoying a nice stroll through the downtown area of the city. Tamara from Minnesota said, “Well, I heard it looks pretty nice when it’s lit up at night, but I’m not impressed.”
While Ashok a tourist he said “ That it’s beautiful” and that he had never sent anything like it in his life.
As People walked around the ice wall, some had a look of excitement on their faces, while some looked a bit confused. Halloran said he does enjoy the look of confusion “ I want people to be curious , Just the look on their faces makes it all worth while.”
Rochelle Backstrom looked closely at the ice wall examined the color carefully gave a silent nod and said, “ Well, it’s unique, I can say that.” Later, said she didn’t see what the overall awe and excitement was about and that it seemed like the workers have to go through a lot to keep it up.
The artists continued to use blow torches, which helped to enhance the coloring of the ice sculpture but while it brought the color out it also made the exhibit melt faster.
“ Back up , back up …we don’t want anyone to lose an eye!” they said, while using the torches At seven o’clock that night what was said to have cost a lot of money and time, would be destroyed in less than 30 minutes.
While Daley and Halloran both said that the project is all about excitement for the people. Many people said Friday, the project was unique, but the city could’ve saved the time and money.
However, Halloran stands behind his work and said even though it is just an ice sculpture, the feedback people give makes it real “it’s not frozen , it’s alive.”
Friday marked the last day of the exhibit of artist Gordon Halloran’s “Paintings Below Zero, ”created by freezing water into different shapes and adding abstract coloring to create a thick wall of what many people called “beauty.” Halloran and his crew worked from February to December to build the project.
Halloran states that if nothing else , he wants people to walk away remembering his work.
Halloran, known for his work with ice, creates ice paintings using technology to keep his paintings cold. Besides the Ice Wall , he was also responsible for designs on the ice skating rink in Millennium Park that consist of a mixture of what co-worker and artist Chad said “ a dazzling usage of equality of color.” Also in his past the artist has worked on creations around the world.
More than 25,000 people visited Millennium Park. Some we’re tourist others we’re Chicagoans just enjoying a nice stroll through the downtown area of the city. Tamara from Minnesota said, “Well, I heard it looks pretty nice when it’s lit up at night, but I’m not impressed.”
While Ashok a tourist he said “ That it’s beautiful” and that he had never sent anything like it in his life.
As People walked around the ice wall, some had a look of excitement on their faces, while some looked a bit confused. Halloran said he does enjoy the look of confusion “ I want people to be curious , Just the look on their faces makes it all worth while.”
Rochelle Backstrom looked closely at the ice wall examined the color carefully gave a silent nod and said, “ Well, it’s unique, I can say that.” Later, said she didn’t see what the overall awe and excitement was about and that it seemed like the workers have to go through a lot to keep it up.
The artists continued to use blow torches, which helped to enhance the coloring of the ice sculpture but while it brought the color out it also made the exhibit melt faster.
“ Back up , back up …we don’t want anyone to lose an eye!” they said, while using the torches At seven o’clock that night what was said to have cost a lot of money and time, would be destroyed in less than 30 minutes.
While Daley and Halloran both said that the project is all about excitement for the people. Many people said Friday, the project was unique, but the city could’ve saved the time and money.
However, Halloran stands behind his work and said even though it is just an ice sculpture, the feedback people give makes it real “it’s not frozen , it’s alive.”
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