All in the legs

All in the legs

Recently, Marilyn Monroe`s famous subway-grate stance, as captured in" The Seven Year Itch," is now front and center on Michigan Avenue of Chicago. Marilyn has come to represent beauty, and the white dress blowing up around her a type of teasing sensuality. The massive sculpture bu New Jersey-based artist Seward Johnson, began installation late Monday night, leaving Monroe`s famous legs exposed to Tuesday morning commuter and tourists. The top half of the sculpture and the 26-foot-tall completed work will be unveiled after 7 p.m Friday evening. Johnson has his massive" American Gothic" homage," God Blass America." and the prior summer, a 20-foot-tall" King Lear"graced the plaza.Both sculptures departed after six-month stints, but not before drawing thousands of snapshots and opinions from passers-by.The Marilyn statue is the public art graced the city.