Núvol i cadira - Barcelona, Spain - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

In order to raise the height of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies building, which had become closed off between the party walls of the adjoining houses and to emphasise its new identity, an intervention by Antoni Tàpies was required and so the roof was crowned by a sculpture, Núvol i cadira (Cloud and Chair, 1990), created with the technical cooperation of Pere Casanovas.

This sculpture, supported on eight long projecting girders that follow the structural order of the façade, is made from silver anodised aluminium tubes and stainless steel mesh. It is 12.7 meters high, 24 meters long and 6.8 metess deep and represents a great cloud from which rises a chair - a motif frequently found in Tàpies’ work. In this context the chair alludes to a meditative attitude, thought and aesthetic contemplation.

The sculpture, which does not impose on the façade but somehow hovers over it so as not to take away its personality, has gradually become an emblem of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies.

Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies (13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. He earned many awards throughout his career including in 1958 the First Prize for painting at the Pittsburgh International, and the UNESCO and David E. Bright Prizes at the Venice Biennale.

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Title: Núvol i cadira (Cloud and chair) Artist: Antoni Tapies Media (materials) used: Silver anodised aluminium and stainless steel Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): On top of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies building Date of creation or placement: 1990

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