This specific piece of art looks weird and out of place in its setting. It has an unsettling contrast with the Milwaukee art museum which is a beautiful, sleek, and clean cut building. It is also in the middle of a bright green grassy field next to the beautiful lake. This sculpture is the opposite, and intentionally so. About 30 feet up in the air, there is a full-sized red car wrapped around a pole. The car is missing a rear view mirror, has a shattered windshield, dented in the hood, and bent at an impossible angle. It is almost folded completely in half. At first glance it gives the viewer the impression that it is two cars, not one, because we can see both the front and the back at the same time. When I saw it first, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was placed …show more content…
It almost resembles a flying fairy tale ship that will take you away to a magical land. The shape on the lake side looks like a massive white and glass boat coming out of a see of manicured green grass. The illusion that it is going to fly away is fitting because it has giant wings that open and close every day at sunrise and sunset. The magnitude of the wings and their elegant suspension system is specifically designed to be a focal point. It is an incredible piece of art on the skyline of Milwaukee. The building’s giant blue windows very in shapes and sizes. They create an uneven slanted linear pattern across the sides of the building and a checked one on the lake side. This makes the building stand out against the ridged squares that we are so used to in architecture. The lines of the building are also incredible. They curve, and defy all classical building designs. It is hard to tell when one side ends and another begins, as they weave and curve inside and outside of each other. This building draws the eye of visitors, and creates a beautiful focal point on the lakeshore in the city of Milwaukee. It is a massive piece of art on the skyline of a