Quantum Cloud

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Quantum Cloud is a large-scale outdoor sculpture by British artist Antony Gormley, composed of a lattice of steel bars that form a ghostly human figure emerging from a cloud-like structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf outdoor sculpture ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
artisticGoal to explore dematerialization of the human body ⓘ
to visualize quantum uncertainty in human form ⓘ
artMovement contemporary art ⓘ
associatedWith Greenwich Millennium project ⓘ
linked to: Millennium Dome
commissionedFor Millennium Dome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Antony Gormley ⓘ
depicts human figure ⓘ
genre sculpture ⓘ
hasArtisticConcept figure emerging from a cloud-like matrix ⓘ
hasColor metallic grey ⓘ
hasContext late 20th-century British public art ⓘ
hasPart lattice of steel bars ⓘ
hasPerspectiveEffect appears more cloud-like from a distance ⓘ
human figure becomes clearer at certain viewing angles ⓘ
hasVisualStyle cloud-like structure ⓘ
ghostly appearance ⓘ
height approximately 100 feet ⓘ
approximately 30 meters ⓘ
inception 1999 ⓘ
installationType site-specific sculpture ⓘ
lighting visible as silhouette against sky ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNextTo River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
location Greenwich Peninsula ⓘ
materialUsed mild steel ⓘ
steel ⓘ
notableWorkOf Antony Gormley ⓘ
orientation facing River Thames ⓘ
publicAccess viewable from Thames Path ⓘ
viewable from river boats on the Thames ⓘ
safetyFeature engineered to withstand outdoor weather conditions ⓘ
structuralForm open lattice ⓘ
three-dimensional grid ⓘ
subjectOf art criticism ⓘ
public art discussions ⓘ
supportStructure piles driven into riverbank ⓘ
theme human presence within a field of energy ⓘ
interaction of order and chaos ⓘ
relationship between body and space ⓘ
usesTechnique welded steel construction ⓘ

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