Iridescent Cloud (sculpture)

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Iridescent Cloud
Iridescent Cloud (sculpture)
Artist
  • Laura Haddad
  • Tom Drugan
Location Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Coordinates 39°44′49″N104°56′33″W / 39.746841°N 104.942467°W / 39.746841; -104.942467

Iridescent Cloud is a sculpture by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan, installed outside the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, in Denver, Colorado, U.S. [1] The main feature is a sculpture built from hundreds of acrylic prisms woven into a webs of mirror stainless steel rod loosely derived from the molecular structure of hexagonal quartz crystals.

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References

  1. "The Best New Public Art in Denver in 2018...and Through the Decade". Westword. 2018-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-02-15.