“Nimbus”

 

 

 

“Nimbus,” a massive steel sculpture by Atlanta-based artist Tristan Al-Haddad that was brought to Minneapolis in pieces, and is being welded together near its eventual home.

A crane will gently lift sections of the 20,000-pound halo-like structure into position above a small concrete amphitheater on the Nicollet Mall between 3rd and 4th streets. When it’s completed, colored light will stream through perforations in its skin, offering a singularly immersive experience for those who sit in the “Theater in the Round” beneath it.