Chicago Picasso

During my first trip to Chicago in the late 80s, one of the main tourist attractions was this sculpture by Pablo Picasso Malaga. Popular not for its artistic value, which it obviously has, but for the controversy that surrounded its location in Daley Plaza, opposite City Hall, the seat of political power in the city. Crowd mentality had not yet comprehended that a sculpture could be in an iconic place and not obey the strict canons of classical art. Twenty years later, it is good to see that the controversy has died down and the Picasso, as it is popularly called, has been perfectly integrated without breaking the flow of the urban landscape.