The London Mastaba!
Uploaded: July 29, 2018 | Entered: July 29, 2018 05:02:24
A monumental floating structure made from 7,506 stacked barrels coloured bright red, mauve and blue at the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. It rises 65 feet (20 meters) above the surface of the park's Serpentine Lake.
Its slope-sided trapezoid was inspired by ancient Mesopotamian benches and Egyptian tombs.
It is the latest installation by Christo, a master of supersized artworks who has previously wrapped Berlin's Reichstag in silver fabric and festooned New York's Central Park with thousands of saffron-coloured cloth gates.
The London Mastaba is temporary - at summer's end it will be dismantled and the barrels recycled.
Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 10/6400 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 22.00 mm, Model: NIKON D3300
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July 29, 2018
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