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Gas sculpture is a proposal made by Joan Miró
Joan Miró

Joan Mir? i Ferr? was a Spain Catalonia painting, sculpture and Ceramics born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride....
 in his late writings to make sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 out of gaseous materials.

There is an example of gas sculpture in the sculpture garden
Sculpture garden

A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently-sited works in durable materials in landscaping surroundings....
 at the National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Australia

The National Gallery of Australia is the premier Art museum in Australia, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery....
 in Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
. A large bank of very small nozzle
Nozzle

A nozzle is a mechanical device designed to control the characteristics of a fluid flow as it exits an enclosed chamber or pipe via an orifice....
s is arrayed on the edge of a small rush-filled pond
Pond

A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake, both being examples of terrain feature. Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that are smaller than lakes, an internationally recognised size cutoff has not yet been agreed, with values ranging from 2 hectares to 8 hectares used to distinguish the smaller from...
, and when the power is switched on a fine mist of fog
Fog

Fog is a cloud bank that is in contact with the ground. A cloud may be considered partly fog; for example, the part of a cloud that is suspended in the air above the ground is not considered fog, whereas the part of the cloud that comes in contact with higher ground is considered fog....
 billows out.






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Gas sculpture is a proposal made by Joan Miró
Joan Miró

Joan Mir? i Ferr? was a Spain Catalonia painting, sculpture and Ceramics born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride....
 in his late writings to make sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 out of gaseous materials.

There is an example of gas sculpture in the sculpture garden
Sculpture garden

A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently-sited works in durable materials in landscaping surroundings....
 at the National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Australia

The National Gallery of Australia is the premier Art museum in Australia, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery....
 in Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
. A large bank of very small nozzle
Nozzle

A nozzle is a mechanical device designed to control the characteristics of a fluid flow as it exits an enclosed chamber or pipe via an orifice....
s is arrayed on the edge of a small rush-filled pond
Pond

A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake, both being examples of terrain feature. Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that are smaller than lakes, an internationally recognised size cutoff has not yet been agreed, with values ranging from 2 hectares to 8 hectares used to distinguish the smaller from...
, and when the power is switched on a fine mist of fog
Fog

Fog is a cloud bank that is in contact with the ground. A cloud may be considered partly fog; for example, the part of a cloud that is suspended in the air above the ground is not considered fog, whereas the part of the cloud that comes in contact with higher ground is considered fog....
 billows out. The 'sculpture' has a continuously changing shape as it is affected by the water, the rushes and the air-currents in the area.

Some kinetic sculptures contain gaseous elements, such as the fog nozzles of Jean-Paul Riopelle
Jean-Paul Riopelle

Jean-Paul Riopelle, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec was a Painting and sculpture from Quebec, Canada.Born in Montreal, he studied under Paul-?mile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement....
's La Joute
La Joute

La Joute is a public art sculpture installation art by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement. It is presently located in Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle in the Quartier international de Montr?al....
, which also includes fire jets, a fountain, and bronze sculptural elements.

The idea of a gas sculpture also appeared in the book Gog, by Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini was an Italy journalist, essayist, Literary criticism, poet, and novelist....
 (1881-1956).