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Jaume Plensa and Gaudí united in exposition at 'La Pedrera'

Renowned Catalan sculptor exhibits over hundred small, medium, and large-scale pieces

Sculptor Jaume Plensa's piece 'Flora' made in 2021 exhibited outside architect Antoni Gaudí's 'La Pedrera' in Barcelona
Sculptor Jaume Plensa's piece 'Flora' made in 2021 exhibited outside architect Antoni Gaudí's 'La Pedrera' in Barcelona / Guillem Roset
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March 31, 2023 02:30 PM

March 31, 2023 02:39 PM

One of architect Antoni Gaudí's masterpieces in Barcelona, 'La Pedrera' or 'Casa Milà,' has become a new exposition site for renowned sculptor Jaume Plensa.

The artist will exhibit over a hundred small, medium, and large-scale pieces until July 23 in different spaces of Gaudí's building in the Passeig de Gràcia boulevard.

The show explains the different works Plensa has done during his last five decades and mainly focuses on literature, letters, and poems.

One of Jaume Plensa's statues located in one of the courtyards of Antoni Gaudí's 'La Pedrera'
One of Jaume Plensa's statues placed in one of the courtyards of Antoni Gaudí's 'La Pedrera' / Guillem Roset

Some of the works even date back to 1988, and for the first time, visitors will get to enjoy some of the objects Plensa worked on during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

Sculptures are exposed all around the building, going from the vast majority of the collection in the exhibition hall to ones in iconic sites such as the rooftop, the courtyards, and even outside the main façade.

On the rooftop, visitors will get to see pieces such as 'Silent music IV,' dating back to 2019, 'Day-night' (2012), and in the courtyards, 'Overflow' from 2023 and 'Together' (2014).

One of the many sculptures made by Jaume Plensa exhibited in the rooftop of 'La Pedrera'
One of the many sculptures made by Jaume Plensa exhibited on the rooftop of 'La Pedrera' / Guillem Roset

It is just outside, in front of Antoni Gaudí's 'La Pedrera,' where passersby can see 'Flora,' a 2.5-tonne and 7.5-meter tall sculpture, a piece made in 2021.

Visitors, which will definitely relate Plensa's work to literature, will see that he was well inspired during his lifelong career by writers such as T.S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, Dant, Goethe, and Vicent Andrés Estellés.

Sculptor Jaume Plensa observes one of his statues placed in 'La Pedrera' on March 30, 2023
Sculptor Jaume Plensa observes one of his statues placed in 'La Pedrera' on March 30, 2023 / Guillem Roset

 

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