The University of Barcelona's Medicine Faculty has temporarily installed a giant heart made by the Catalan artist Jaume Plensa, with the building's columns acting as the ribcage.
The objective of this work of art is to raise awareness about cardiovascular illnesses, which are the leading cause of death worldwide.
The work is titled El cor secret (The Secret Heart). The heart measures 13 metres tall and 10 metres wide, and weighs 150 kg. It's made of synthetic materials and painted by hand. It had previously been shown in Germany in 2014 and was supposed to arrive to Plensa's home city sooner, but it was delayed because of covid. Instead, in 2020, Plensa donated one of his famous head sculptures to this same building, to thank medicine professionals and students for their work during the pandemic.
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Jaume Plensa — Nomad (painted stainless steel, 2009)
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"El Corazon Secreto" ("The Secret Heart"), an art installation by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, is pictured at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, on September 28, 2023, marking World Heart Day.
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Jaume Plensa
saggi di Renato Barili, Giorgio Cortenova e Roberto Lambareli
Mostra ideata e curata da Giorgio Cortenova
Skira, Milano 1998, 56 pagine, 21,2x28cm, ISBN 9788881184330
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Premio Koiné - Mostra Palazzo Forti, Verona
17/02/24
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Source. A sculpture by Jaume Plensa. Ville Marie, Montreal.
By creating Source for the 375th anniversary of the foundation of Montréal, the artist wanted to take into account the importance of water in the city’s history – for trade, immigration, and communications – but also the importance of the place of Indigenous peoples. Source, a word that is identical in French and English, refers to the birthplace of a watercourse, but also represents the roots of a city’s energy and vitality: its inhabitants and their origins, the fluidity and creativity of ideas, and the cycles of movement and renewal.
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Jaume Plensa, Paula, 2013, Bronze
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La neige rouge. 1991. 1/75 exemplaires. 13 eaux-fortes, dans une boite en fonte d'aluminium.
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