This giant flower sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy is part of the permanent collection of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Designed in 1992 by Jeff Koons – an American artist renowned for his “Neo-Pop art – for an art exhibition in Arolsen Castle, Germany, it was purchased by the Bilbao museum in 1997 (after a short stint in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) and has graced its terrace ever since.
Standing 43 feet tall, the enormous blooming statue comprises a stainless steel frame, permeable geo-textile fabric, soil and carefully arranged, real flowering plants including Marigolds, Begonias, Impatiens, Petunias, and Lobelias! It is also reputed to have its own internal irrigation system!
Fun, whimsical and a wee bit kitschy.
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This brought a smile to my face, Madhu, as I grew up with Westies. 🙂
What a beautiful statue! I like how the flowers create it’s various colors. It must take a lot of work to maintain the statue.
Wow! Creative.
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It’s so very creative the way they do these beautiful floral sculptures. It brought to mind the Rose Bowl parade on New Year’s day in California. Here in Florida, Disney, puts on a Spring Flower dhow with many sculptures created with Spring flowers.
Nice post ….
wow!
It looks like a kitty cat. Impressive and beautiful.
Beautiful!
This is interesting – especially how they could have configured the internal irrigation.
Very fun! I had no idea this was in Bilbao. Jeff Koons is pretty crazy.
Brilliant post Madhu , what I can say a total arrangement for this week theme ,
Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂
WOW! This is beautiful.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
The is truly a magnificent, amazing, beautiful work of Art…a living, unique work of Art.
So extraordinary and different!
43 ft tall? wow that’s enormous! I like it.
Amazing statue … amazing building, but the rest .. I wasn’t impressed by – plus that people i Bilbo was very rude and ignorant. Great shot … wonder what happen to my photos – have to look around …
Beautiful!
I think very kitschy, but still amazing. It required an awful lot of work…wow.
Excellent captured – what a amazing large bouquet of flowers – really a creative sculpture of a west highland terrier puppy… 🙂
Oh I love it!
What fun!
How interesting, Madhu! I bet it needs a lot of upkeep too. I wonder if it needs weeding. 🙂
Stunning … amazing photoshot
I’m sure Puppy must be very happy in Bilbao, with all the attention he gets. In his short stay in Sydney he attracted millions (well over a million, I think – including me, lucky girl!) and looked like a kaleidoscopic dream, perched beside the Quay, with the Opera House and Bridge as backdrops.
I’m sure he has an irrigation system, though maintenance and seasonal replanting must still be a bit of a never ending project – come to think of it, what a job!
Cool statue. But having real flowering plants calls for a lot of management? Beauty always comes at a price, I guess! 🙂
Wow, what a gardening project 🙂
Beautiful.
Fantastic- requires much seasonal maintenance too!
Wow, 43 ft and Real Flowers!! Do they change flowers, occasionally?
what a wonderful sight madhu! now that is a good reason to visit bilbao …. i love what these large artworks do to our perception, changing things subtly to create fresh views of everything when you least expect it …
Kitschy – but lovely anyway 🙂
Absolutely fascinating Madhu.
A living statue. I’d hate to be the one picking the dead blooms off. 🙂
A giant puppy. I sure hope they don’t have to walk him 😉 Though he has his own flowerbed to do it in.
That is so cool – great capture – thanks for sharing! Happy Thursday:)
This statue speaks for itself. Great capture!! 🙂
Just a wee bit kitchy? 😉
He he he, perhaps a little bit more Gilly 🙂
Wow! Very cool! Jeff Koons is a very strange but extremely interesting artist.
He is. Have you featured him on your blog Stephen?
Hi Madhu … not yet. That’s actually a great suggestion!
This statue certainly has a life of it’s own!
🙂
Ha ha…that it does 🙂
Wow, that’s impressive! Hah
Yes, it was HUGE! Thank you for the visit and comment Mark 🙂