pair outdoor exhibition spaces millennium park loop community area chicago illinois usa spaces located south north mid level east square crown fountain conference boeing president chief executive officer chicago mayor announced boeing million grant fund construction space details lying lake michigan east loop west chicago yard mid 19th century northwest corner north monroe street east michigan avenue south street west columbus drive rail yards parking lots available development city millennium park today millennium park trails navy pier chicago tourist attraction city sought boeing financial support form million donation purpose eventual million donation fund space use open air gallery spaces accommodate regular exhibitions visual arts sculpture exhibitions primarily occur spring summer months galleries commissioned december park summer provide necessary formal space presentation public exhibitions modern contemporary art boeing previously funded family album photograph exhibition debuted millennium park opening weekend galleries constructed march june south gallery square feet feet north square feet feet galleries surrounded trees rare chicago seating series black granite steps match crown fountain gallery east connected fountain concrete staircase galleries paved granite north south galleries physically separated plaza hosts exhibitions past exhibitions exhibition renamed galleries revealing chicago aerial portrait displayed appeared june october exhibit featured images chicago metropolitan area taken flights occurred march august seasons year photographer says photographs taken helicopter preferred method travel hot air balloon chicago usually shoot balloon time installation exhibition complete exhibition partially took place central chase galleries hosted search paradise great gardens world october opening delayed week exhibition developed included gardens countries including garden photographs years old exhibition presented millennium park support richard foundation photographs feet production schedule photography longer expected led week long delay opening exhibition exhibition thematic reference chicago motto means city garden modern adaptation exhibition exhibit provided viewers appreciation landscape design aesthetics gardens gallery hosted mark large scale abstract sculptures display april october original duration exhibition supposed april exhibit extended summer fall presented millennium park cooperation millennium park inc sponsored support exhibit included pieces total pieces originally scheduled include works largest bright orange sculpture measures feet tall short tons long tons installed exhibit featured interactive piece visitors invited climb feet tall suspended steel beam acted swing chicago_tribune art critic felt installation bit cramped explained limited pieces felt served better forum left artist choose wider range pieces wondered city public sculpture ventured acquire work exhibit removed end october march park announced plans install large scale contemporary outdoor works chinese april october exhibition entitled conversation chicago contemporary sculpture china big world recent art china exhibition hosted beginning april conceived independently distinct body work struggle chinese society open work sculpture city dinosaur created stamped phrase china critique cheap mass produced goods building chinese export economy pump caricature oil limited thursday active display times june considered abstract depicts scholar rock steel february city announced april october millennium park boeing galleries feature work mexican sculptor exhibition title sculptures addition traditional park sponsors exhibit sponsored marks installation female artist regarded chicago event mexico city wide event celebration mexico independence centennial revolution sculptures artist displayed millennium park exhibition years making preliminary sketches display fall prior installation sculptures displayed preview exhibit city describes sculptures perceived apparent referencing natural world piece installation includes foot tall red painted bronze sculpture stands tallest work exhibit feet wide feet tall pair companion seeds tree seed represent life form new emergence said represent circle life hosts steel spheres foot tall yellow sculpture white sculpture measuring approximately feet high coral blue approximately foot high spheres gravity space conveying rhythmic beauty sense larger universal order boeing installation spheres said express type beauty pays respect larger universal order reference biological examples installation places works east square crown fountain south gallery stated attempts express beauty geometric order expresses molecular structures flowers plants feels spheres exhibit south gallery depict geometric perfection celebrate festival color form keeping belief harmony nature respect park presented installation required screws hosted sculpture legends myths truths exhibit ran april november exhibition included old new works old subject matter work new work focused current installation portraits starting feet tall dream began creating massive head sculptures june 18th new large head sculpture pieces added millennium park celebration 10th anniversary standing feet tall works located work depicts female subject brink maturation came barcelona fourth tallest work feet originally titled looking dreams time chicago arrival titled looking dreams short placed michigan avenue facing madison avenue created installation rio_de_janeiro arrived pieces cast iron creator adjacent crown fountain sculptures named sculptures portraits sculptures added new faces previous led faces projected crown fountain works loan display december wanted statues quality result faces closed eyes position wanted viewed sculptures dream sculptures millennium park anatomy photographs located square millennium park anatomy photographs display celebration 10th anniversary completion millennium park runs june 18th october display features images millennium park construction showcasing work photographers photos document construction park document art architecture photographers park inspiration photographs
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