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This message regards the possible origin of the ‘NATO Star’ iron sculpture at NATO HQ in Brussels. Most likely it is just a co-incidence, but it is very similar in style to an iron sculpture in Toronto where I worked about 25 years ago.
In fact, when I saw the news report from NATO HQ last week, I had my sound turned down and I thought it was a video shot from a drone close to the top face of one of the weather gods in the statue I remembered which you can see here from behind:
The construction of the components seems similar, as well as the obtuse triangles. Someone at Environment Canada (Department of the Federal Government) should be able to tell you who sculpted the statue at 4905 Dufferin St, Toronto.
I hope it helps you out. Even if the two sculptures were made by different artists, it is fairly likely that they would be familiar with each other’s work. Good luck!