Jaume plensa is a contemporary spanish artist best known for his depictions of the human face through sculpture and innovative technology. The spiritual meaning behind jaume plensas sculptures. Shop for jaume plensa art from the worlds greatest living artists. Born in 1955 in barcelona, the culture, streets and architecture of the catalan capital have been a constant source of inspiration. Jaume plensa 58 published by ediciones artika, barcelona, spain. Dallas smu the meadows museum at southern methodist university announced today that it has acquired sho, a monumental sculpture by contemporary. At the end of may plensa presented a cast iron sculpture, rui rui, in venice for the exhibition, glasstress. The barcelona artist jaume plensa is bestknown for his spectacular crown fountain in millennium park, chicago. The little book of hours of amiens nicolas blairie, carefully written on a thin ruling rose.
Long inspired by classical music, jaume plensa creates stunning sculpture and visuals from the faces of. Together was presented at the basilica san giorgio maggiore in italy as a collateral event of the 56th venice biennale and received the global fine arts award. Though he is mainly known for his largescale ethereal. The unveiling of sculpture the dream by spanish artist jaume plensa. All jaume plensa artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. Jul 6, 2019 explore ceramicgoddesss board environmental art on. I in his eyes as one that found peace by jaume plensa and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Artistnaturalist sculptor peter randall page natural form artists, natural forms gcse, peter. Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.
He has lived and worked in berlin, brussels, england, france, usa, and he currently shares his residence between paris and barcelona. Typography sculpture by jaume plensa art, public art, text art. Carl orff by jaume plensa 2008 limited edition print mixed media. Created by internationallyrenowned spanish sculptor jaume plensa, tolerance is a grouping of sculptures sited in buffalo bayou park at the intersection of allen parkway and montrose boulevard. Antisemitic jaume plensa spillover ii sculpture in milwaukee has been removed. See more ideas about yorkshire sculpture park, toledo museum of art and image.
Jaume plensa spanish, born 1955 the heart of trees ii 2007 bronze, in two parts, and tree 66 by 99 by 99 cm. Artika invites the reader to discover the starting point for all his creations, the place where his ideas are generated and which is testimony to his extraordinary work, through an artists book created in collaboration with plensa. Gasull fotografia stainless steel case designed by jaume plensa. With 30 projects spanning the globe, jaume plensa is probably one of the most renowned catalan sculptors in the contemporary art scene. Monumental public works, such as the sculpture of a young womans head or lifesize humanoid figures, have.
Jaume plensa heart of trees umedalens skulpturpark. Jaume plensa, born in barcelona in 1955, is one of the leading sculptors in the field of plastic arts. His monumental dream, for example, sought to give beauty to an abused patch of earth in a bluecollar coalmining community in england. Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over 100,000. Inside, it contains two volumes that give the reader access to the artists most private world. Jaume plensa, soul, mixed media on paper, 2005 gcse art.
Forthcoming projects include a new sculpture commissioned by the virginia museum of fine art. Jaume plensa paintings for sale jaume plensa art value. The art book reveals the creative process of the works, including previously unseen images from plensas personal archives and several reflections that have. He is best known for his crown fountain in chicagos.
Jaume plensa montreal museum of fine arts, montreal, canada 25 april 2017. Master artist jaume plensas latest exhibition, silence. Jaume plensas sitespecific sculptures show the human. Albrightknox, buffalo ny, jaume plensa, public art, sculptures. Apr 28, 2020 explore mkgrapharts board jaume plensa sculpture. Kirsty mitchell has created a photo book called wonderland inspired by stories from her childhood. See more ideas about sculpture, artist and sculpture art. Jaume plensa considers his studio an extension of his head, the place where his ideas come from, and where they become reality. Jaume plensa and monumental figurative sculptures the. Self portrait jaume plensa portrait art, portraits, mixed media art, sculpture. Over the last decade jaume plensa has become one of the worlds most celebrated public artists, best known for wondrously monumental figurative sculptures that can be seen from.
Sketchbooks capture the journey through art and design gcse, the research. Great sculpture by jaume plensa jaume plensa born 1955 in barcelona, spain is a catalan spanish artist and sculptor. April 2019 plensa was born in barcelona, catalonia and studied art. Plensas millennium park contribution, crown fountain, is chicagos other crowd pleaser. The art book reveals the creative process of the works, including. See more ideas about installation art, sculpture art and sculpture. Antisemitic jaume plensa sculpture is removed matt. From the understated bio on the artists website we learn that jaume plensa was born in barcelona in 1955. Jaume plensa is an internationally acclaimed sculptor. Jaume plensa 61, 2018 2018 books works and projects. Born in 1955 in barcelona, plensa is a renowned sculptor and public artist. He works in a wide range of media including drawing, sculpture, printmaking.
Jakobshallen galerie scheffel, bad homburg, germany. Book art installation, romainmotier, switzerland hosts an annual book fair for. Plensa has an international reputation and has completed significant public art projects around the world, including the momentous crown fountain 2004 in chicago. White jesmonite base featuring the artists name in relief. Jaume plensa is today known and recognized for his silhouettes of human bodies seated or kneeling who seem to scrutinize the horizon in a meditative manner, like the contemporary thinkers. Master spanish multimedia artist jaume plensas seventh exhibition at galerie lelong, which opened february 2 nd and runs until march 11 th, is a meditative tworoom altar to one of the. Spanish artist jaume plensa helps calgary come of age.
Case is steel sculpture by the artist jaume plensa, created especially for this edition book. The sculpture was chosen by a group of local exminers and commissioned by st. From abbazia di san giorgio maggiore, jaume plensa, together. In the sculptures that comprise heart of trees they are slightly over life size, with their arms and legs wrapped around a tree trunk. It took 5 days from the time my article, how i discovered hate in plain.
Jaume plensa vmfavirginia museum of fine arts, richmond, virginia, usa 27 april 2017. It is full of photographs of plensas earlier works and has amazing text by carsten ahrens. Internationally acclaimed spanish artist, jaume plensa works in a variety of artistic media. Choose your favorite jaume plensa designs and purchase them as wall art. Jaume plensa 1955 spain is an artist born in 1955 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a drawingwatercolor sold in 1989, at drouot, and the most.
In 2005, he was invested doctor honoris causa by the school of the art institute of chicago. In 2009 he created dream, a 20metre high sculpture for st helens as part of channel 4s big art. Constructed between 1999 and 2004 with support from the crown foundation, this work. The spanish artist jaume plensa has created and recently unveiled a large, new sculpture composed of wire mesh, at the base of calgarys tallest building. Talking continents jaume plensa exhibitions galerie. An acclaimed creator of public art, jaume plensa produces monumental sculptures in steel, glass, marble, polyester resin, concrete, and bronze. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. With its stone fountain, dual glassblock towers and everchanging led imagery, it is never the same. Having attended a lecture the other day by jaume, i have been inspired to do a little art with letters and words myself.
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