I work in a museum and we sure don't have this much extra space for exhibits. Obviously an art piece, this sculpture must have been exhibited this way to give it all the emphasis possible. Then again, if you follow this link to see the Soumaya in Mexico City, you'll understand why the unique exhibition style...

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://files.archinect.com/uploads/ai/aiu_showcase_soumaya_museum_01x.jpg&imgrefurl=http://archinect.com/features/article/91360/showcase-soumaya-museum&usg=__l8e1_sm-nEj13V39RaTMWrTiOeg=&h=1241&w=1200&sz=372&hl=en&start=0&sig2=kIIYi9hD5Zg22Wk2r_THVg&zoom=1&tbnid=mxQmpG9Ei8BYNM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=138&ei=R-jfTfnCLYjQiAKx8KHxCg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSoumaya%2BMuseum%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1707%26bih%3D1059%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=327&vpy=74&dur=14028&hovh=228&hovw=221&tx=101&ty=134&page=1&ndsp=48&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&biw=1707&bih=1059

Sheesh, the link is longer than my comment!

-Nice shot and a good perspective using this angle... just wish it was in better focus.

-Nik