BEHIND THE WALLS by Jaume Plensa
03/05/2019.
In collaboration with The Noguchi Museum [NYC] USA 25. 04 > 28.06.2019
The iconic Rockefeller Center is transformed into an urban sculpture park by Jaume Plensa. His work is among the 14 international artists to exhibit at new york’s ‘Frieze Sculpture 2019.’ The Spanish artist often encapsulates themes of public space, globalization and human presence in them. situated along Fifth Avenue at the entrance of the Channel Gardens, Plensa’s 7.5 meter-high work presents the distorted depiction of a child’s head in polyester resin and marble dust.
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze., Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.a, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind the Walls, 2019, presented by Richard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York 2019. Photograph by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
Jaume Plensa, Behind The Walls, 2019, Rockefeller Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Richard Gray Gallery. © Jaume Plensa Studio. Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
This new public art initiative at Rockefeller Center will exhibit from april 25th through june 28th, 2019. Presented in partnership with Tishman Speyer, frieze sculpture 2019 was curated by Brett Littman, director of the Isamu Noguchi foundation and garden museum in Long Island City, New York. While Jaume Plensa’s ‘Behind the walls’ stands at the head of the center’s promenade, the sprawl of art throughout the frieze sculpture exhibition encourages the viewer to further explore the whole campus, including its interior spaces and hidden histories.
“I began to think about the layers of history and the concept of Rock Center, ‘a city within a city,’” explains Brett Littman, curator of Frieze Sculpture and director of The Noguchi Museum. “I wanted to move away from the monumental, to think about life-size sculptures and smaller gestures that I could accumulate," he says of Frieze Sculpture.
“We wanted things that work in scale to the body,” continues Loring Randolph, artistic director of Frieze New York. “No stanchions, no barriers, everything is fully accessible.” This ethos has given Frieze Sculpture a rare quality in a large-scale sculpture show: a sense of intimacy framed by monumentality. The works Littman selected don’t only draw attention to themselves; they awaken the eye to the art and architecture that has defined Rock Center since its earliest days. This show is a study in striking difficult and beautiful balances. It encourages the audience to look within—and without—themselves, and engages with history while maintaining a strong sense of immediacy.
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Curator Comisario
Brett Littman
Venue Localización
Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York, USA
Dates Fechas
25 April – 28 June, 2019
Materials Materiales
Polyester resin and marble dust
Initiative Iniciativa
Frieze sculpture 2019
Presented by Presentado por
Richard Gray Gallery - Galerie Lelong
Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa. Born in Barcelona in 1955, he studied at La Llotja and at Bellas Artes Sant Jordi. Since 1980, the year of his first exhibition in Barcelona, he has lived and worked in Germany, Belgium, England, France and the United States, currently residing in Barcelona.
Jaume Plensa is an artist of materials, sensations and ideas. His references include literature, poetry, music and thought. He considers himself, above all, a sculptor, although his creative process has gone through multiple disciplines. His works address the very condition of being: its physical and spiritual essence, the consciousness of itself and its past, its moral codes and dogmas and its relationship with nature.
Jaume Plensa exhibits regularly in galleries and museums in Europe, the United States and Asia, but a very significant part of his work is the one he develops for public spaces. His works are permanently installed in Spain, France, Japan, England, Korea, Germany, Canada, the United States, China, etc.
He has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly collaborates with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a visiting professor. He has also given numerous lectures and courses in universities, museums and cultural institutions around the world.
Jaume Plensa is an artist of materials, sensations and ideas. His references include literature, poetry, music and thought. He considers himself, above all, a sculptor, although his creative process has gone through multiple disciplines. His works address the very condition of being: its physical and spiritual essence, the consciousness of itself and its past, its moral codes and dogmas and its relationship with nature.
Jaume Plensa exhibits regularly in galleries and museums in Europe, the United States and Asia, but a very significant part of his work is the one he develops for public spaces. His works are permanently installed in Spain, France, Japan, England, Korea, Germany, Canada, the United States, China, etc.
He has been a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly collaborates with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a visiting professor. He has also given numerous lectures and courses in universities, museums and cultural institutions around the world.
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