Carmela - Barcelona, Spain
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N 41° 23.239 E 002° 10.522
31T E 431054 N 4582082
Carmela is located in the Plaça de Lluís Millet near the Palau de la Música in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona, Spain.
Waymark Code: WMV5HR
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 02/27/2017
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Carmela is a 4.5 meter high by 2 meter wide iron and cement sculpture of the head of a teenage girl created by Jaume Plensa in 2015. The sculpture is made up of five separate iron pieces stacked together. The head is bolted to a circular cement base.
In this unusual presentation the artist worked from a photograph taken in 2013. He obtained a three-dimensional image of the girl’s head, from which he created a laterally-compressed head of a hairless girl with her eyes closed. The result was an elongated and flattened head which retained and enhanced the features of the subject.
A plaque attached to the base is inscribed:
CARMELA, 2015
Jaume Plensa
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