The theme of this Week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is CURVE.
This is the ‘Firebird,’ created by French-American artist Niki de Sainte Phalle (1930-2002) in 1991. It stands in front of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Firebird
The surface of the “Firebird’ is composed of mirrors, each of which reflects passing pedestrians and automobiles, changing weather, and nearby lights. Thus is created an ever changing appearance of the statue.
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About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
A Walk in the Garden 
This must be wonderful to see.
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It is becoming a special spot in downtown Charlotte.
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I live in Charlotte too! Awesome choice for curve.
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Thanks, Emily. Perhaps we will run into to you there.
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Nikki created a garden full of her sculpture close to where we live. All based on the Tarot cards, your sculpture is almost identical to her interpretation of the sun.
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Thanks, Christina, for that background information. It is a quite popular place for photographers. I must have seen half dozen wedding shots taken there.
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Love those Niki sculptures. Great photo, too. Balboa Park in SD has the Nikisaurus–great for kids to climb on.
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I will try to see it when I am in SD next to visit my daughter.
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It looks like something from Transformers 😀 If you have the chance, do take part in my Saturday Statues challenge too:
https://mrssuvi.com/2016/06/18/saturday-statues-2/
Cheers from Finland!
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This is amazing, John. Reminds me of the one-eyed monster in one of the shows my kids watch! 🙂
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It does conjure up ideas of monsters, doesn’t it?
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Those characters I’m referring to are supposed to be monsters, but this looks way cooler. 😉
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Great choice! Fantastic art.
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Thanks. It is impossible to ignore it when you pass by.
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What an amazing statue! Great shot!
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Thank you, Gale. Amazing indeed!
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Hi John, Nice image here. I thought I recognized the artist’s style. There was an exhibition of her work in Atlanta not too long ago at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. See my album at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stgrundy/albums/72157613053996271
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Steve, thanks for your comment. I did not know of the artist’s other works. Thanks for joining my blog.
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Its sooo beautiful and very nice shot. Well done!
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Thanks, Petra, for your encouragement.
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SHINY!!! And impressive artwork.
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Thanks, but I can’t take credit for the art.
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Beautiful! Nice choice, John. 🙂
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Thank you.
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Fabulous, creative, fun and I think very well matched to the theme
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Thank you, Arati, and it tasted good too.
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🙂
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