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Жауме Пленса

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JAUME PLENSA, born in Barcelona in 1955

From 1980 with his first exhibition in Barcelona until today, he has lived and worked in Berlin, Brussels, England, France, USA, and he currently shares his residence between Paris and Barcelona. He has been a teacher at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and has also been a lecturer at many universities and art institutions. He collaborates as professor invited at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Since 1992 he has obtained various distinctions and awards, both national and international, notably his investiture as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture (France, 1993), National Culture Awards of the Government of Catalonia 1997 (Barcelona, 1997), Honorary Doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, USA, 2005), the 2009 Mash Award for Public Sculpture (London, 2009), National Award for Plastic Arts (Madrid 2012), and most recently , the National Award for Graphic Arts (Madrid 2013).

His sculptural work has gone through several stages developed largely with recuperation materials, iron, bronze, cooper, … In 1986, he started a series of cast iron sculptures, then he incorporated light and relief written text. Recently his melting materials have been synthetic resin, glass, alabaster, plastic, light, video and sound. He also has a large production of works on paper and etchings. Beside his sculptural oeuvre he is collaborating often working on stage design and costumes for opera and theatre productions.

A significant part of Plensa’s production is set in the context of public sculpture, a sphere in which he has works installed in Spain, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Germany, Canada, the USA, etc. The Crown Fountain, in Chicago’s Millennium Park, is one of his latest project, and undoubtedly one of his most brilliant. In 2005 he finished Breathing, which is installed in the new BBC building in London; in 2007 Conversation à Nice for the place Masséna in Nice, (France), El Alma del Ebro for the Expo Zaragoza 2008 in Zaragoza (Spain); in 2009 Dream in St Helens, Liverpool (UK), in 2010 World Voices in Dubai (UAE), Ogijima’s Soul in Ogijima (Japan), Awilda in Salzburg (Austria), Tolerance for the city of Houston (USA), Echo for Madison Square Park (New York), in 2012 DRÖM in Goteborg (Sweden), Mirror for Rice University in Houston (USA), and Close up for Seul (Korea).

He is currently working on several new projects as Wonderland, for The Bow-Calgary, in Canada, Sacramento Airport in California, EEUU, and, in the Biennal of Shanghai, China. You can see now hes personal exhibitions at Oir Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, EMMA – Espoo, Museum of Art, Espoon Kaupunk, in Finland, and Eight Poets in Bamberg, for the city of Bamberg in Germany.

His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in Europe, the United States and Japan: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (Spain); Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (France); Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax (United Kingdom); Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (Sweden); Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim (Germany); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyons (France); Museo Luigi Pecci, Prato (Italy); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (Germany); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (Austria); Palacio de Velázquez – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (United Kingdom); the Arts Club Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago (USA); Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen (France); Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (Germany), Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum (Germany), Centro de Arte Contempoáneo, (Malaga); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nice (France); IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, (Spain); The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, (USA), The Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, (USA); Picasso Museum, Antibes (France), The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, (United Kingdom), etc.

As for Plensa’s upcoming personal exhibitions, in the Biennal of Shanghai.

He regularly shows his art works at Galerie Lelong in Paris, Galerie Lelong (New York), and Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago and New York.
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source: samieyewordpress

西班牙雕塑家 Jaume Plensa 「知識之殿」系列作品， 他創作出實與虛對話的人像雕塑，用不鏽鋼製的東西方文字建構出一個巨大的「鏤空形體」 人像雕塑，東西方文字象徵一個由人類文明建構的思想體系，穿透的鏤空人像與周邊的自然景觀融為一體，夜晚燈光照明下，讓鏤空雕塑的實體與自體光影交會成光雕藝術。

Jaume Plensa 參與許多公共空間藝術計劃，他運用石材、玻璃纖維、不鏽鋼等媒材，結合地景、燈光、音樂、雕塑、創作出質量與數量驚人，對環境友善的讚嘆之作。
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source: glitsmx

El español Jaume Plensa, es un de los artistas más reconocidos a nivel internacional. Sus obras se encuentran en los museos más importantes del mundo y prácticamente en todas las grandes colecciones de arte norteamericanas. Sus intervenciones por lo regular son de tamaño monumental puestas en espacios públicos.

Plensa es un artista polifacético con una producción que abarca desde el dibujo a la videoinstalación. Su obra se enfoca en su eterna pasión entre la relación del cuerpo humano y el lenguaje. A menudo, sus piezas muestran letras y palabras que según el artista, representan a las múltiples células que configuran al individuo.

Ha expuesto piezas impresionantes como In World Voices (2010) expuesta en la Torre Dubai o Echo en el Madison Square Park de Nueva York. Actualmente vive y trabaja entre París y Barcelona, aunque los numerosos encargos que le llegan de instituciones públicas y privadas se ve obligado a viajar por el mundo entero. ¿Te gusta?
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source: dv-reclamaru

Скульптуры из стихотворений от Жома Пленса
Испанский художник Жом Пленса (Jaume Plensa) на выставке в Йоркширском парке скульптур в Британии демонстрирует необычные произведения искусства из стали, представляющие собой сплетения слов из стихотворений.

Выставка открылась сравнительно недавно и продлится до 25 сентября, но уже сейчас скульптуры Жома Пленса очень популярны среди посетителей, ведь это его первая главная выставка, и работы его очень оригинальны.