Location Milan Year 2000 | Created 2000 | |
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Type stainless steel, reinforced plastic, polyester gelcoat, polyurethane enamel Dimensions 18 m × 20 m × 37.5 m (59 ft × 65 ft × 123 ft) Artists Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen Address Piazzale Luigi Cadorna, 1662, 20123 Milano, Italy Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Cadorna, Milan Cadorna Railway, Rotonda della Besana, Pusterla di Sant'Ambrogio, Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte | ||
Needle, Thread and Knot (Italian: Ago, Filo e Nodo) is a public artwork in two parts by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in Piazzale Cadorna, Milan, Italy.
Commissioned by the City of Milan as part of the renovations of the Milan Cadorna railway station, and unveiled in February 2000, the sculpture is made of stainless steel and reinforced plastic, painted with polyester gelcoat and polyurethane enamel. The "knot" is placed in the middle of a fountain on the middle of the square while the sewing needle is on the footpath in front of the train station. 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.