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Thursday, November 29, 2012

The biggest sculpture in history: Artist who wrapped up the Reichstag plans spectacular £212million creation in the middle of the desert to rival the Pyramids

Artwork: The proposed 'Mastaba', a 490ft tall sculpture constructed from oil barrels and conceived by Christo to be built in the middle of the Abu Dhabi desert

He is best known for wrapping the Reichstag in fabric and lining California highways with yellow umbrellas - but Christo's latest, almost inconceivable project will dwarf them both.

The artist will spend £212m building the 'Mastaba', the world's largest permanent sculpture, from over 400,000 multi-coloured oil barrels in the middle of the desert near Abu Dhabi.

The flat-topped pyramid will be 492ft high, just taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza and three times the height of Nelson's Column.

Read more at the Daily Mail
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