Replica of Chicago's 'Bean' in Chinese parking lot is not a replica, says Chinese media
A sculpture that looks a whole lot like artist Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, Chicago's iconic public sculpture more commonly known as "The Bean", has been erected in a parking lot in the western China city of Karamay.
Sculpture in shape of oil bubble is built at site of 1st oil well in Karamay, #Xinjiang http://t.co/AqbugmJr7o pic.twitter.com/jl0cATljTA
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) August 11, 2015
The Chinese piece is apparently not a replica, but was inspired by oil that's extracted from the region, since, you know, oil looks like a 40 foot tall metallic, bean-shaped bubble. Kapoor considers China's new parking lot sculpture to be plagiarism and is threatening to sue, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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