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Tag: Barcelona beaches

Controversy in every angle

Alongside Tàpies, Picasso and Miró, Josep Maria Subirachs (1927–2014) stands as one of Spain’s most important twentieth-century artists. The seventy … More

abstraction, Barcelona beaches, Barcelona sculpture, Catalan independence, Figuration, Francesc Macià, Josep Clarà i Ayat, Josep Maria Subirachs, Noucentisme, Passion façade, Plaça Catalunya, Sagrada Família

The balance of trade in Barceloneta

Jannis Kounellis, though Greek, was at one time, like Mario Merz, an exponent of Italy’s Arte Povera (poor art). This late-sixties … More

1992, anti-establishment, Arte povera, Barcelona beaches, Barceloneta, bcnart, BCNfreeart, found objects, Greek artist, Jannis Kounellis, poor art, sculpture in Catalonia

The measure of a shell

Unsurprisingly, for this installation of cobble-embedded neon, Italian artist Mario Merz chose the Fibonacci sequence, a ratio occurring naturally in … More

art you can see for free, Barcelona beaches, barcelona free art, bcnart, BCNfreeart, Fibonacci sequence, Indian mathematician, Italian mathematician, Mario Merz, Pingala

Anarchy on a classical plinth

Like a lone night watchman—as he was in his youth—the statue of Joan Salvat-Papasseit (1894–1924), one of Catalonia’s preeminent poets, … More

anarchy, anti-capitalism, Barcelona beaches, barcelona free art, BCNfreeart, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, Léon Krier, Moll de Bosch i Alsina, Moll de la Fusta, neoclassicism, noucentista, poet, poetry, port of Barcelona, Robert Krier

Stargazing down at the port

They could be a pair of stevedores on deck, each marooned on their tiny pontoon. But they seem content to … More

Barcelona beaches, barcelona free art, Barcelona sculpture, Frame, Francoism, Marc, Miraestels, New Figuration, Robert Llimós, Spain, Stargazers
With its whimsically comic air, Gambrinus brings a sense of fun to the Moll de la Fusta

Dancing Prawn

Many’s the town that cheerfully flaunts some huge and dreadful object on its loftiest hilltop. Made of concrete or fibreglass, … More

1992, barcelona, Barcelona beaches, barcelona free art, Barcelona sculpture, BCNfreeart, Cobi, COOB, escamarlà, free art route, Gambrinus, Javier Mariscal, Jocs Olímpics, la gamba, langoustine, Olympic Games, Xavier Mariscal

Caged in the rain

If you cross over Barceloneta’s Passeig Marítim in the direction of the sea, you will come across another of the … More

1992, art, barcelona, Barcelona beaches, barcelona free art, Barcelona sculpture, bcnart, BCNfreeart, Beaches, Configuracions urbanes, Juan Muñoz, Pirandello, sculptor, Sculpture, Urban Configurations

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