Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda
The sculpture in Chicago in 2015
ArtistJaume Plensa

Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda, or simply Awilda, is a 2012 sculpture by Jaume Plensa.

Description and history

The 39-foot tall sculpture originally stood in the surf of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, before being moved to Chicago's Millennium Park.[1] It stood in Millennium Park from June 2014 until January 2016.[2] As of March 2017, Awilda stands at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.[3] It is composed of resin and marble dust, with a metal support structure and an internal frame of fiberglass.[4]

Awilda is based on a real person, a Dominican girl who came to Spain with her mother, who Plensa knew in Barcelona. Plensa took her portrait with a laser scanner, capturing 3D information to manipulate and scale into larger models.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Borrelli, Christopher. "Inside artist Jaume Plensa's giant Millennium Park sculptures". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ^ "Millennium Park's giant head, 'Awilda,' is coming down". Chicago Tribune. 2016-01-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  3. ^ "PAMM Welcomed Jaume Plensa's "Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda" with Art Talk and Reception - World Red Eye". World Red Eye. 2017-03-23. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. ^ a b "How This Iconic Chicago Sculpture Ended up in Miami". Retrieved 2017-07-11.

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Jaume Plensa
Public art in Chicago
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