While In Antibes in the South of France I went to see Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa's sculpture 'La Grande Nomade'
It is really very beautiful and looks different from every angle. The closer you get to it the more fascinating it gets. It is a sculpture of a human sat hugging their knees looking peacefully at the ocean view.
It is made from stainless steel letters and is eight meters high. The beauty of it is that you can walk into it which makes it more interactive for the viewer.
Plensa suggests that language, spoken or written, goes beyond providing a simple mission of communication, but can also be assimilated into a sort of envelope, which covers the matter and energy that forms our being. He says, “Telles des briques, les lettres ont une potentialité de construction, elles nous permettent de construire une pensée”. (Such bricks, letters have the potential to construct, they enable us to construct a thought.
It is really very beautiful and looks different from every angle. The closer you get to it the more fascinating it gets. It is a sculpture of a human sat hugging their knees looking peacefully at the ocean view.
It is made from stainless steel letters and is eight meters high. The beauty of it is that you can walk into it which makes it more interactive for the viewer.
Plensa suggests that language, spoken or written, goes beyond providing a simple mission of communication, but can also be assimilated into a sort of envelope, which covers the matter and energy that forms our being. He says, “Telles des briques, les lettres ont une potentialité de construction, elles nous permettent de construire une pensée”. (Such bricks, letters have the potential to construct, they enable us to construct a thought.
Plensa also has an exhibition on at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Sheffield. Not quite as glamorous location as the South of France but I am sure the sculptures are just as breathtaking!
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