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Le Cyclop
Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forestIn the sleepy village of Milly-la-Forêt, France, lies a monstrous, whimsical monument called Le Cyclop. Measuring almost 75 feet high, the unusual sculpture took 30 years to complete by Swiss artist Jean Tinguely. With the help of his wife Niki de Saint Phalle and various friends Arman, César, Marcel Duchamp, and JR Soto, the husband and wife team resurrected the piece out of a chaos of 300 tons of industrial debris - metal, concrete, ceramic mosaic, stones - mirrors and a waterfall.
Visitors are invited to explore the complexity of the piece via a network of staircases and catwalks. Owned by the French state since 1991 upon Tinguely's death, Le Cyclop has been described as both "enchanting and nightmarish" to upkeep. Apart from vandals and the hostility of the weather, the wheels alone cost almost one million francs a year to maintain, and it has given the state much difficulty, especially for a sculpture whose purpose, said Tinguely, was to one day disappear.
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Category: Strange Statues, Inspired Inventions, Amazing Automata
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