Day 61: Nautilus

     Question:  What do the following things have in common:

• An exploding lightbulb
• An airship
• A tribute to the Playstation
• 2 Kelpies
• A twisted hunk of metal
• A striped piece of limestone
• Today's Entry.

     Answer: They are all works of public art here in the city because of Chicago Sculpture International's Outdoor Sculpture Festival.  Most of these works of art are scattered throughout the northern portion of the Museum Campus and/or the Lakefront trail, and Nautilus is no exception.

     This particular piece was done by Suzanne Horwitz, a Chicago artist who completed her schooling at the School of the Art Institute as well as the University of Michigan.  In her life as an artist, she has embraced the art of figurative sculpting, and has worked on many different pieces, most of them in Chicago, but with a few of them outside the city in places as far-flung as Wisconsin and New Jersey.  Her works have made it into various galleries, including The Center for Visual Arts in New Jersey, the Montclair Art Museum also in New Jersey, as well as the Chicago Cultural Center.  Additionally, her works have been in the corporate collections of both The Options Clearing Corporation and Goldman Sachs.

     However, this is an entry about the sculpture, not its artist, so lets talk about the work for a little bit.  As you approach it, you've already seen many of the other pieces, so you're expecting something out of the ordinary.  What you get is just that.  It is shaped roughly like a metallic Nautilus, which is a sea creature that looks like this.  Other than that, there isn't too much more to be said about it, so just remember to keep an eye out for it next time you're walking the path between the Museum Campus and Navy Pier.