Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa - Plensa 61

Biography of the Artist: Jaume Plensa was born in Barcelona in 1955 and today is one of the most prominent and internationally renowned sculptors in the world of visual arts.He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and has since worked in a variety of artistic manifestations, from drawing to sculpture, graphic work, opera sets, video projections and acoustic installations.Plensa is known for his ability to work with a wide variety of materials, including polyester resin, steel, iron, water, glass and nylon. His sculptures are interactive and the viewer must interact with the pieces. His work is based on the dimension of man and his relationship with the environment, and has become a reference in the field of contemporary sculpture.Among Plensa's most outstanding works are the sculpture "Nomade", located at Rockefeller Center in New York, and "Crown Fountain", an installation in Chicago's Millennium Park. His works have been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris.In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Vic, in recognition of his artistic career and his contribution to the contemporary art world.

 

Jaume Plensa considers the studio as an extension of his head, the place where ideas are born and where they become reality. Artika invites us to get to know the starting point of all his creations, the place where his ideas are generated and which is a testimony of his extraordinary work, through an artist's book created in collaboration with Plensa. A numbered edition, signed by the artist and limited to 2,998 copies. The slipcase, an original serialized sculpture created especially for this edition, represents the face of a girl with her eyes closed, an iconic image of Plensa's artistic universe. Inside it houses two volumes, giving us access to the artist's most intimate world. The Art Book reveals the creative process of the works, with unpublished images from Plensa's personal archive and several reflections that have marked his artistic career. On the other hand, Apuntes y anotaciones, the Libro de Estudios, constitutes a direct journey to the germ of ideas or to the most inaccessible part of the artist, through faithful reproductions of his notebooks.