Jaume Plensa’s figurative and text-based works explore spirituality, beauty, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Evincing an aura of serenity, his sculptures echo the sense of transcendent idealism associated with classical statuary of such sacred luminaries as Athena and the Buddha. Yet, many of the figures he creates are distorted, fragmented, or otherwise indicative of human imperfection. Deeply fascinated with the duality of existence, he balances concept and material, consciousness and dream, and harmony and dissolution.
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