Needle and Thread Milan Italy

by Joan Carroll

Title

Needle and Thread Milan Italy

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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Needle, Thread and Knot is a public artwork in two parts by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in Piazzale Cadorna, Milan, Italy. Only one part is visible here, the needle and thread. This artwork was commissioned by the City of Milan as part of the renovations of the Milan Cadorna railway station. The sculpture is made of stainless steel and reinforced plastic, painted with polyester gelcoat and polyurethane enamel. The location for the sculpture was not chosen at random. The piazza is an important node in urban transport, and it is the location where the Ferrovie Nord railway system reaches the city centre. According to the artists, the needle pulling thread through fabric is a metaphor for a train going through a tunnel. The thread wrapped around a needle also "paraphrased" the city emblem of a snake coiled around a sword. According to the City of Milan it is also meant as a tribute to Milan's influence in the fashion industry and the three thread colours (red, green, yellow) represent the lines of the Milan Metro.

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