Image from Flickr is by mauroPPP
This giant, 24 metres long skeleton, is not any archeological discovery, rather it is a piece of art created by the Italian artist Gino De Dominicis. For some strange reason the late artist decided to name it "Calamita Cosmica" (meaning Cosmic Magnet - yes magnet and not calamity). Except for its long nose the skeleton is a correctly scaled huge version of Homo Sapiens.
The Giant was first unveiled in 1990 at Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Grenoble, France. Thereafter in 1996 it moved to the courtyard of the Palace of Capodimonte, Naples.
In 2005 it was at display at Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy - the home town of the artist.
In early 2007 it moved to Palazzo Reale at Milan and after few months it landed in Versailles at 'Parterre d'Eau', in front of the facade of the Versailles Chateau. Thereafter in 2008 it was at display at Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu, Belgium.
After the display in Belgium it has vanished or atleast I have not been able to trace it on the WWW. May be some of my readers will help me locate it.
Update: Dated June 4, 2010
Was seen in MAXXI (Museum of 21st Century Art) in Rome in May 2010
Update: March 26, 2015
Exhibited at Former Church of the Holy Trinity, Foligno, Italy from April 9, 2011
Update: March 26, 2015
Exhibited at Former Church of the Holy Trinity, Foligno, Italy from April 9, 2011
Here are its images taken at some of the above mentioned locations;
Ancona - 2005
Image source: MSN Bing Aerial View
Milan - 2007
Image from Flickr is by Ciccio Pizzettaro
Image from Flickr is by halighalie
Image From Flickr is by biccio
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Versailles - 2007
Image from Flickr is by Speshul Ted
Image source: Google Earth
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MAXXI (Museum of 21st Century Art) in Rome - Maxi 2010
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Commonurbock23
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Former Church of the Holy Trinity, Foligno, Italy
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Sailko
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Main source of info: archimagazine (In Italian) (English Translation)
Credits: I came to know about this giant from following two posts in Google Earth Community;
- 'Find the Giant' by Felippo and
- 'Where has the giant moved ?' by PriceCollins
I am also thankful to Scott, who vide his comments dated 4th June, 2010 informed me about the latest location (Rome)and sent the link to Flickr image (shown above) which was taken only yesterday. Thank you Scott.
The skeleton is now on display at the MAXXI (Museum of 21st Century Art) in Rome. See photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42807077@N07/4667094492/
ReplyDeleteThank you Scott for the info. I have included the Rome image also in the post.
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