Jun 12, 2019 the barcelonabased sculptor is known for his public artwork, which has been installed in cities around the world including chicagos millennium park, 30 hudson yards in new york, and yorkshire sculpture park in england. Hidden away in 500 acres of stunning, historic parkland 20 miles south of leeds, ysp is an original and unforgettable setting for your celebrations. Oct 16, 2012 in 2011, more than 250,000 people viewed jaume plensas otherworldy sculptures at yorkshire sculpture park, making it the parks most popular exhibition ever. May 08, 2011 jaume plensa has a new 44foothigh sculpture, echo, that was raised in madison square park last week. Working in steel, cast iron, resin, glass and stone, plensa has traversed.
The series depicts young girls from around the world, their eyes closed in a dreamlike state. Jaume plensa by murray, peter et al west bretton, wakefield, west yorkshire. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Jaume plensa, patricia c phillips, madison square park conservancy, mad. Influences plensa is very widely read and often refers to how his family home was filled with books as a child. Internationally celebrated spanish artist jaume plensa b.
Yorkshire sculpture park presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned spanish artist jaume plensa. This landscaped park, with its sculptures by such luminaries as henry moore, barbara hepworth, david nash and andy goldsworthy, amongst many others, also boasts several gallery spaces, a good shop and a great restaurant. Jaume plensa in 2020 yorkshire sculpture park, sculpture. The extensive exhibition was shown in the galleries and the park. Mar 30, 2011 jaume plensa with one of his works, twins i and ii, 2009, at yorkshire sculpture park photograph. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. See more ideas about artist, digital and infinite mirror. See more ideas about artist, sculpture and sculpture art. Art announces the new york public art premiere of internationally acclaimed artist jaume plensa, featuring a new monumental, sitespecific sculpture for madison square park. Often working with themes of globalization and the human condition, plensa uses his cast resin sculpture to draw spectators. Since 1980, the year of his first exhibition in barcelona, he has lived and worked in berlin, brussels, england, france and the united states, as well as the catalan capital. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Published by richard gray gallery in partnership with skira editore, this volume is the most comprehensive monograph on the artist to date with over 200 color plates and contributions from. Installing the jaume plensa exhibition at ysp youtube.
Wilsis is a fascinating exploration of perspective through the flattening of form, an idea that grew out of plensa s desire to understand what happens on the other side, on the reverse of things with which we are familiar, such as letters printed on a page, or a portrait head on a coin. City of london, london, uk setouchi triennale 2016. Yorkshire sculpture park resource file jaume plensa. Case is steel sculpture by the artist jaume plensa, created especially for this edition book. Jun 7, 2018 jaume plensa sculpture, letters, spanish artist, sculptor, barcelona, human form, artist, meditation, importance of language, monologues, sheets of letters. Book sculpture garden sculpture berlin yorkshire sculpture park spanish artists modern metropolis poses land art surrealism images from spanish artist jaume plensa s first major uk exhibition at the yorkshire sculpture park, near wakefield. Yorkshire sculpture park resource file jaume plensa in. Jakobshallen galerie scheffel, bad homburg, germany 140 artist15 years.
Constructed between 1999 and 2004 with support from the crown foundation, this work features water cascading down two monumental towers, as well as video and lighting effects. Published by yorkshire sculpture park 2011 isbn 10. Nov, 2011 yesterday i visited the yorkshire sculpture park for the first time. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Feb 10, 2016 irma by jaume plensa at the yorkshire sculpture park in wakefield, england read more about the project on designboom here.
Working in steel, cast iron, resin, glass and stone, plensa has. 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. Ysp has commissioned an exclusive range of affordable multiples and prints from recent exhibiting artists. He is best known for his crown fountain in chicagos millenium park, two 50foothigh glass towers set amidst a pool of water, which play giant video portraits of chicago residents that periodically. Check out our resources for adapting to these times. Jaume plensa yorkshire sculpture park yorkshire sculpture park. Setouchi international art festival, japan skulptur i pilane 2016. Most recently, installations of his monumental sculptures in the public realm include behind the walls at historic. Barcelonaborn plensa is known for works that explore emotions using human. Jaume plensa was born in 1955 in barcelona where he studied at the llotja school of art and design and at the sant jordi school of fine art. Richard gray gallery is pleased to announce the release of one thought fills immensity, an illustrated monograph celebrating the life and practice of the internationally renowned spanish artist jaume plensa. Yorkshire sculpture park and jaume plensa the loom room. Renowned spanish artist jaume plensa has brought his monumental public sculpture to rockefeller center.
Essays by peter murray, jeremy strick, clare lilley, lewis biggs, laurie peake and jaume plensa. Over the course of more than 30 years, plensa has amassed a multifaceted body of work that mixes traditional and unconventional materials on both intimate and monumental scales. Yorkshire sculpture park presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned spanish artist jaume plensa more public art. I went to yorkshire sculpture park again yesterday. Thanks to this exhibition, the site received national recognition as most magnificent attraction in 2011. Yorkshire sculpture park presents new work by internationally. Apr 09, 2011 jaume plensa yorkshire sculpture park, wakefield, u. Issued in conjunction with a 2011 exhibition of large artwork created by spanish artist jaume plensa. Amongst his most outstanding exhibitions was that organized at the nasher sculpture center in dallas. Jaume plensa has a new 44foothigh sculpture, echo, that was raised in madison square park last week. Jaume plensa, the catalan sculptor shaping up in yorkshire. Its half term, so it was a great opportunity to immerse my son freddy in a bit of.
Jaume plensa barcelona 1955 solo exhibitions selection from 1980 2007 nomade. Jaume plensa has 11 books on goodreads with 16 ratings. Throughout his life he has discovered poems and texts that have moved him profoundly. Jaume plensa and monumental figurative sculptures the new. Forthcoming projects include a new sculpture commissioned by the virginia museum of fine art, which will be unveiled on april 27, 2017, and a major solo exhibition at the. This blockbuster show of sculpture by the barcelona artist jaume plensa is perfect for the yorkshire sculpture park, highly accessible in its figurative intrigue and. Jaume plensa takes over rockefeller center for frieze. Jaume plensa takes over rockefeller center for frieze sculpture.
Jaume plensa 2011 yorkshire sculpture park, wakefield, u. Jaume plensa one thought fills immensity artbook d. Plensa is one of 14 international artists displaying their work in the historic new york plaza as part of the inaugural frieze sculpture. New york, january 5, 2011madison square park conservancys mad. Apr 11, 2011 spanish artist jaume plensa has opened his first major uk exhibition at the yorkshire sculpture park, near wakefield. Jaume plensa art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Jaume plensas house of knowledge at the yorkshire sculpture park. The extensive exhibition was shown in the galleries and in the park. Ysp publication to accompany the jaume plensa exhbition at yorkshire sculpture park 2011.
Yorkshire sculpture park ysp welcomes a beautiful new sevenmetrehigh cast iron sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist jaume plensa, as part of the parks 40th anniversary celebrations. Together was presented at the basilica san giorgio maggiore in italy as a collateral event of the 56th venice biennale. Voir plus didees sur le theme bleu blanc rouge, rouge et bleu. Wilsis 2016, overlooking the historic lakes at ysp, belongs to a series of portrait heads by the artist. See more ideas about sculpture, installation art and yorkshire sculpture park. Feb 27, 2016 a collection of work by jaume plensa at yorkshire sculpture park in 2011.
Yorkshire sculpture park jaume plensa gongs youtube. Jaume plensa s house of knowledge at the yorkshire sculpture park. Yorkshire sculpture park, the henry moore sculpture trust, leeds tate gallery, liverpool. Feb 19, 2019 internationally celebrated spanish artist jaume plensa born 1955 has emerged as one of the most significant voices in contemporary sculpture.
His commission crown fountain 2004, a public installation in chicagos millennium park, proved to be a turning point in his career. Jaume plensa and yorkshire peter murray the immaterial jeremy strick jaume plensa at yorkshire sculpture park exhibition photography by jonty wilde interview with jaume plensa, barcelona, 2011 clare lilley on being human jaume plensa s art out of the museum lewis biggs dream laurie peake. Choose ysp for worldrenowned open air displays and changing exhibitions. From the front the head appears realistic, yet from the side it is an extremely flattened relief. Check out his exhibition at yorkshire sculpture park. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. And all for a fivers parking thats proper yorkshire. A collection of work by jaume plensa at yorkshire sculpture park in 2011. See more ideas about sculpture, yorkshire sculpture park and installation art. This exhibition featured an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned spanish artist jaume plensa. Jaume plensa with one of his works, twins i and ii, 2009, at yorkshire sculpture park photograph. Yorkshire sculpture park jaume plensa books richard. Jaume plensa letters 1 installation art, environmental. Apr 09, 2011 this exhibition featured an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned spanish artist jaume plensa.
Jaume plensa and monumental figurative sculptures the. Lilliput a book of jaume plensa estore galerie lelong. A a curtain of poetry made of suspended steel letters, with poems by blake, baudelaire, ginsberg, goethe and leon felipe. Encouraging tactile and sensory exploration, work included a 50metre curtain of poetry made of suspended steel letters, large illuminated sculptures in the landscape, and engraved gongs that visitors could strike to fill the gallery with sound. Jaume plensa at yorkshire sculpture park jaume plensa texts by peter murray cbe, jaume plensa, clare lilley, jeremy strick, lewis biggs and lauriek peake published by yorkshire sculpture park hardcover, 160 pages, english, 2011. And he just opened his largest exhibition to date, at the yorkshire sculpture park. The yorkshire sculpture park presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by famous spanish artist jaume plensa. Oct 18, 2011 part of the extraordinary exhibition of the works of catalan artist jaume plensa to be seen and heard at yorkshire sculpture park, west bretton during 20112012 was this beautiful and dramatic. In 2011, a large selection of plensas sculptures has been exhibited at the yorkshire sculpture park in west bretton, england. In 2011, a large selection of plensas sculptures has been exhibited at the yorkshire sculpture park in west. Intended to open up a new space for discussion about the instability of our time, the event is an extension of frieze new york. Published by madison square park conservancy, new york 2011. His first major showing in the uk, it consisted of surreal depictions of human bodies and heads made in metal.
Jan 09, 2012 yorkshire sculpture park is always worth a visit but if you can make it before 22 january 2012 to see the jaume plensa show so much the better. The barcelona artist jaume plensa is bestknown for his spectacular crown fountain in millennium park, chicago. This weeks new exhibitions art and design the guardian. Jaume plensa exhibition at yorkshire sculpture park jaume plensa, yorkshire sculpture park ive seen these, theyre pretty cool date a art gallery at yorkshire sculpture park, wakefield, west yorkshire i went to yorkshire sculpture park again yesterday.
May 22, 2017 yorkshire sculpture park ysp welcomes a beautiful new sevenmetrehigh cast iron sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist jaume plensa, as part of the parks 40th anniversary celebrations. Jaume plensa featured in yorkshire sculpture park, wakefield, u. Ysp presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned spanish artist jaume plensa. Jaume plensa is a contemporary spanish artist best known for his depictions of the human face through sculpture and innovative technology. Jaume plensa at the ysp yorkshire sculpture park, sculpture.
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