Pisa's Romanesque marvel inspired the creation of the Leaning Tower of Niles. And now, Berwyn artist Pete Gamen has re-created one of the Chicago region's ...
came up with the idea for a new Spindle in celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of U.S. Predictably, some said it wasn’t art — that it was a just bunch of cars stuck on a spike. “It would have been a lot easier for me if people hadn’t fallen in love with it.”
Berwyn artist Pete Gamen has re-created a scaled-down version of the “Spindle” that was a well-known sight for years at Cermak Plaza in the western suburb.
came up with the idea for a new Spindle in celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of U.S. Predictably, some said it wasn’t art — that it was just a bunch of cars stuck on a spike. “It would have been a lot easier for me if people hadn’t fallen in love with it.”
The Romanesque wonders of Pisa inspired the creation of the Leaning Tower of Niles. And now, Berwyn artist Pete Gamemen has recreated one of the great ...
. “It would have been a lot easier for me if people hadn’t fallen in love.” It’s the spike that pierces his eight full-size cars that rise out of the paved waters of Berwyn’s Cermac Plaza shopping center until it’s demolished in 2008 to make way for Walgreens. Gamemen’s 23-foot-tall sculpture in the parking lot of Berwyn’s Pyzan’s Pizzeria and Bar is made of fiberglass go-kart bodies, all sealed to prevent animals from crawling inside. As expected, some said it wasn’t art, but a collection of cars stuck on spikes. However, since “Wayne’s World” released in 1992, he has become a worldwide kitsch icon. “This one is livelier.
And now, Berwyn artist Pete Gamen has re-created one of the Chicago region's great pieces of lost public art: Spindle, better known as "the Car Kebab.".
came up with the idea for a new Spindle in celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of U.S. Predictably, some said it wasn’t art — that it was just a bunch of cars stuck on a spike. "It would have been a lot easier for me if people hadn’t fallen in love with it." Gamen said he and the Berwyn Development Corp. "Everyone loves a re-creation because it was gone and they want to remember it, whether they liked it when it was there or not," Gamen said this week, just a few days after the official unveiling, also in Berwyn. "This one is more vibrant.
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