METALmorphosis

METALmorphosis is a large (7 meters; weighing 13 tons) kinetic sculpture of a human head, by Czech artist David Černý. The sculpture is in the Whitehall Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it was inaugurated in 2007, and it sits in a large reflecting pool.^[1]

The piece is executed in polished stainless steel. The sculpture is made of 40 layers articulated into 7 pieces that can rotate individually. Originally, the sculpture could spout water from the head's mouth. A later and larger work, Head of Franz Kafka (Czech: Hlava Franze Kafky), a bust of Franz Kafka made of 45 tons of steel, is in Prague.^[2]

References

^ Velinger, Jan (25 September 2007). "New David Cerny sculpture, Metalmorphosis, unveiled in Charlotte". Radio Prague.
^ Chan, Casey (24 October 2011). "A Giant spinning Human Head Water Fountain is oddly mesmerizing". gizmodo.com.

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[1] Velinger, Jan (25 September 2007). "New David Cerny sculpture, Metalmorphosis, unveiled in Charlotte". Radio Prague.

[2] Chan, Casey (24 October 2011). "A Giant spinning Human Head Water Fountain is oddly mesmerizing". gizmodo.com.

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v t e David Černý
Sculptures	Piss (2004) METALmorphosis (2007) Entropa (2009) London Booster (2012) Head of Franz Kafka (2014) Head of David Lynch (2024)
Sculpture series	Babies (1994-2018)