METALmorphosis

METALmorphosis is a large (7 metre, 13 tonne) kinetic sculpture of a human head, by Czech artist David Černý. The sculpture is in the Whitehall Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it sits in a large reflecting pool.[1]

The piece is executed in polished stainless steel. The sculpture is made of 40 layers articulated into 7 pieces that can rotate individually. Originally, the sculpture could spout water from the head's mouth. A later and larger work, Head of Franz Kafka (Czech: Hlava Franze Kafky), a bust of Franz Kafka made of 45 tonnes of steel, is in Prague.[2]

References
  1. https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/new-david-cerny-sculpture-metalmorphosis-unveiled-in-charlotte
  2. https://gizmodo.com/a-giant-spinning-human-head-water-fountain-is-oddly-mes-5852865
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