Monument
Agora
Rust-toned iron torsos, headless and armless, standing shoulder to shoulder across a field of parkland.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Agora sculptures in Chicago's Grant Park follows Magdalena Abakanowicz, the Polish sculptor behind its hundred and six headless, armless iron figures. You'll hear about the childhood experience she carried into her work, her decades spent building bodies with pieces missing, and how these particular figures came to Chicago from a foundry near Poznan in 2006. Walk among them the way she intended, close enough to feel their rusted, bark-like surface.
This audio guide was created using AI.