collaboration with prominent Engilsh structural engineer,
Cecil Balmond, the first of which, Temenos, was unveiled
in Middlesbrough, UK, in June 2010. Among his bestknown major permanent commissions in a public setting
is reflective Cloud Gate (2004) for the Millennium Park
in Chicago, considered to be one of the popular public
artworks in the world. He was awarded the commission
with Cecil Balmond for a permanent artwork for the
London 2010 Olympic Park, the ArcelorMittal Orbit
that was a centerpiece of the Olympbic Games in east
London.
Born in Mumbai to a middle-class Hindu father and
Iraqi-Jewish mother, he spent some time in a kibbutz
in Israel in his teens before going to London to study art
DİSK, 2012 KAYMAKTAŞI 103x104x46 cm
DISC, 2012 ALABASTER 103x104x46 cm
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