THIS IS CBS 2 NEWS AT 5.
IT IS ARGUABLY CHICAGO'S
MOST ICONIC STRUCTURE, THE
BEING IN MILLENNIUM PARK IS ONE
OF THE TOP TOURIST
DESTINATIONS.
THE MAN WHO HAS CREATED IT
RETURN TO THE SCULPTURE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
Reporter: AT ANY GIVEN TIME,
YOU WILL FIND COUNTLESS PEOPLE
SNAPPING PHOTOS AND INTERACTING
WITH THE MIRRORED SURFACES.
FOR THE SILVER HAIRED GENTLEMAN
IN THE DARK GLASSES, IT IS AND
EXTRA SPECIAL MOMENT.
IT FEELS STRANGE BUT IT IS
GOOD. Reporter: HE IS A
BRITISH SCULPTURE WHO CREATED
IT.
IT CHANGES AN OBJECT.
Reporter: HIS FIRST VISIT
BACK SINCE THE 2006
INSTALLATION IS TAKING HIM BY
SURPRISE.
Reporter: DID YOU EXPECT TO
FEEL THAT WAY?
I THOUGHT I KNEW IT.
WEIRDLY, I KIND OF DON'T.
Reporter: 11 YEARS AGO,
SELFIES WERE NOT AN EVERYDAY
OCCURRENCE.
"THE BEAN" IS NOW A BACKDROP
FOR MILLIONS.
THE IMPACT IS NOT LOST ON HIM.
I THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF
REAL ENGAGEMENT.
YOU CAN COME HERE AND TAKE A
SELFIE.
LOOK AT HIM.
Reporter: USUALLY, CAUGHT UP
IN THE MOMENT, HE EVEN JUMPED
UP FIRST-RATE PHOTOGRAPHERS.
IT IS LIKE THE ICING ON THE
CAKE.
IN A VERTICAL CITY, IT IS
VERY HARD TO COMPETE.
Reporter: HE DESIGNED A
HORIZONTAL ITEM.
Reporter: WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT US CALLING IT SOMETHING
ELSE? THIS IS EVERYONE'S
OBJECT.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT "THE BEAN"
IS, IN A WAY.
I LIKE THAT.
Reporter: HERE IS A PICTURE
THAT I SNAPPED WITH HIM BECAUSE
WHO COULD RESIST IN FRONT OF
"THE BEAN" WITH THE CREATOR THE
WORK OF ART?
HE SAYS HE ENJOYS CALLING CLOUD
GATE "THE BEAN".
HE TOOK THIS SELFIE JUST FOR
US, THE ARTIST WITH HIS
CREATION.
HE IS TO BE HONORED BY THE
MUSIC FESTIVAL RECEIVING ITS
ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS AWARD.
HE SAID HE DID NOT EXPECT "THE
BEAN" TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.
HE WAS TOUCHED BY IT.
IS THIS IS MORE POPULAR WORK
? WE KNOW PEOPLE COME FROM ALL
OVER BUT HE HAS OF THE POPULAR
ARTWORK AS WELL.
YOU PUT HIM ON THE MAP HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN THE MID-90s, HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC ART IN
THE EUROPEAN AREA.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A GIANT
PIECE CALLED THE ORBIT.
