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SUE at The Field Museum | Chicago, Illinois | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang SUE, discovered by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson in 1990 at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota, is the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex in the world. In 1997, with funding supports from The California State University system, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, McDonald's, and Ronald McDonald House Charities, The Field Museum was able to...
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Gorgeous engraving on my favorite "Xun" / Ancient Chinese Ocarina-like musical instrument / I bet that huge Totoro, from Studio Ghibli's animation "My Neighbor Totoro" directed by Hayao Miyazaki, can play it better than me
More →Spotted Dog | Matthew Kargol | East Village, Des Moines | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang “Spotted Dog” by artist Matthew Kargol of Oskaloosa, located in the corner of East 5th and Locust Street in the trendy East Village district in downtown Des Moines, is a bike rack sculpture with a fun twist. Six Iowa artists were selected to create bike racks with funding support from Mayor's Annual...
More →Jackson County Courthouse | Kansas City, Missouri | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Jackson County Courthouse, located at 415 E. 12th Street in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, was an Art Deco building designed by Wight and Wight in 1934. It was part of a series of government buildings, including Kansas City City Hall, built in the midst of the great depression in Kansas City. Harry S. Truman’s office...
More →Jay Pritzker Pavilion | Millennium Park | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by the National Medal of Art winner Frank Gehry, is a 120-feet high outdoor concert venue in Chicago’s Millennium Park. The pavilion, featuring 4,000 seats and the Great Lawn, is the new home of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Grant Park Music Festival.
More →Valiant Struggle No. 11 | Chen Wenling | Boeing Galleries | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Chen Wenling's "Valiant Struggle No. 11” was a part of Boeing Galleries’ exhibition A Conversation With Chicago: Contemporary Sculpture From China. In addition to Chen’s work, the exhibition also featured three more large-scale sculptures by Chinese artists, including “Windy City Dinosaur” by Sui Jianguo, “Jia Shan Shi No. 46" by Zhan Wang,...
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