New Media: mesh head without structure inside; Jaume Plensa; Franck Muller dress in sl

 http://en.paperblog.com/giant-head-sculpture-436741/

Spanish artist Jaume Plensa unveiled a giant new sculpture ‘Wonderland’ in downtown Calgary infront. The wire mesh head sculpture stands 39 feet high and resembles a young girl’s head.
The sculpture has two entrances where visitors can walk through.

Jaume says “My vision for Wonderland is to inspire everyone who experiences the sculpture: I believe the architecture of our bodies is the palace for our dreams.”

Autoportrait w alphabet 2013
http://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/jaume-plensa/#artists



http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N37/alchemist.html 



Jaume Plensa, the renowned Catalan sculptor behind Alchemist, has designed several similar sculptures. His works Nosotros, Nomade, House of Knowledge, and I, You, She or He all utilize the same body structure as Alchemist, but are comprised of different symbols. Plensa’s sculptures can be found all over the world from Paris to the United Kingdom to Japan.


Franck Muller Dress worn by Swannjie in sl ;  
 

Franck Mullers Clock Island in sl 2007


Installation of a piece

Post by The Des Moines Register.

The structure of the "mesh" outer layer and the inner layer 

the sculpture called for a skyward beam of light from the top of the head, and the sculpture's working title was "Ex Terra Lucem" ("From the ground, light"), a reference to St Helens' previous motto. Due to objections from the Highways Agency, the sculpture was not lit, but in 2010 a new planning application was submitted to St Helens Council for it to be floodlit.^[5]

 

Construction

The Dream sculpture is built out of moulded and cast unique concrete shapes, 90 pieces in all contributing to over 14 tiers (54 individual elements for the head, each weighing 9 tonnes). Dolomite was utilised as a concrete aggregate in order to provide the brilliant white finish. Additionally titanium dioxide was added to the mix in order to provide a self-cleaning mechanism. The construction required the construction of individual moulds for each piece and took a total of 60 days to cast.
The foundations of the sculpture extend 125 feet into the ground with 8 piles driven in to secure it.


Like a gigantic figurehead in the port of Antibes, Nomade is a permanent invitation to explore space and the space within the sculpture itself.


 http://fontfeed.com/archives/nomade-a-man-of-letters-looking-out-over-the-mediterranean/

Nomade



Nomade © CM AUGER

  

Clock Island from sl, 2007; (unofficial Franck Muller sim )
 

The sculpture is a creation by contemporary Catalan artist Jaume Plensa, who lives and works in Barcelona and Paris. Born in 1955, Plensa studied art in his city of origin Barcelona, in the Escola Llotja and in the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. He currently is one of the most important sculptors on the contemporary art scene. Plensa made his name in the 1980s with simple, large forms made from cast iron. His work then evolved into sculptural installations using light, sound and language.

In parallel to his work as a sculptor, since his early years Plensa has developed an important body of work on paper which is less well known. His drawings, sometimes on a very large scale, using highly varied techniques, draws on the formal repertoire of an artist who, for the past ten years has concentrated on the human figure expressed mainly through its bodily envelope and singularity of faces. He often uses type in both sculptures and drawings. Plensa is also active in opera and theatre projects – most recently, he designed the sets and costumes for the Paris National Opera‘s 2005 production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflote.