The Jet Nest - Keflavik, Iceland
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rjm1
N 63° 59.832 W 022° 37.397
27V E 420600 N 7097713
This amazing sculpture greets visitors to Iceland.
Waymark Code: WM8W1Z
Location: Iceland
Date Posted: 05/19/2010
Views: 36
The following information was found on the Keflavik International Airport website - "The artwork is designed by Magnús Tómasson. The Jet Nest shows a big steel egg where a jet wing is peeking out like a little bird breaking out of it's egg. The piece is very simbolic where it stands on a pile of Icelandic rocks. Magnús Tómasson , the designer, says that the idea first came to him many years ago. "I was working on a series on the history of birds mentioning a small egg and on it a small beek appears. I worked on it some more and the outcome was the Jet Nest, my biggest piece." It is situated north of the air terminal in a floodlight pond. "
www.kefairport.is/English/Shortcuts/About-us/Art-and-Design
Title: The Jet Nest
Artist: Magnús Tómasson
Media (materials) used: Steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Keflavik International Airport
Date of creation or placement: Not listed
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