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Encyclopedia > Gas sculpture

Gas sculpture is a proposal made by Joan MirĂ³ in his late writings to make sculpture out of gaseous materials. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Sculpture is a three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. ...


There is an example of gas sculpture in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. A large bank of very small nozzles is arrayed on the edge of a small rush-filled pond, and when the power is switched on a fine mist of fog billows out. The 'sculpture' has a continuously changing shape as it is affected by the water, the rushes and the air-currents in the area. The Esplanade Ernest-Cormier, a sculpture garden in Montreal, with Melvin Charneys work Colonnes allégoriques. ... National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia is a major art gallery (museum) in Canberra, Australia. ... Canberra is the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia and, with a population of just over 323,000, is also Australias largest inland city. ... Rocket Nozzle A nozzle is a mechanical device designed to control the characteristics of a fluid flow as it exits from an enclosed chamber into some medium. ... A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake. ... Early morning fog obscures the surface of this lake in Carrollton, Georgia, but the sky remains clear. ...


Some kinetic sculptures contain gaseous elements, such as the fog nozzles of Jean-Paul Riopelle's La Joute, which also includes fire jets, a fountain, and bronze sculptural elements. Kinetic sculptures are sculptures that are designed to move. ... La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle (7 October 1923 - 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec. ... La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle, during the flaming phase of its kinetic cycle La Joute (the joust) (1969) is a public sculptural installation by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement. ...


True gas sculpture is to be differentiated from the supposed "gas sculpture" at the Universe Zone at the American Museum of Natural History, which is not truly a gas sculpture. The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ...


The idea of a gas sculpture also appeared in the book "Gog", by Giovani Papini


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