Nomade A Man of Letters Looking Out Over The Mediterranean

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.

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