Jaume Plensa : The Four Elements / Geert Bouckaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouckaert, Geert, author.

Contributor:

Bouckaert, Geert

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculptors.

Public sculpture, Spanish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leuven Leuven University Press 2024

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Special edition on the first permanent sculpture by Jaume Plensa in Belgian public space. Acclaimed Spanish visual artist, sculptor, designer and engraver Jaume Plensa is renowned for his ability to weave spirituality, corporeality, and collective memory into his sculptures and installations, using a wide range of materials. Many of his iconic sculptures can be found in public spaces, in some of the most evocative places in the world. The city of Leuven now joins this list with the acquisition by KU Leuven of The Four Elements, the first permanent sculpture by Jaume Plensa in Belgian public space. The sculpture The Four Elements consists of two parts in bronze, located in two places, the gallery of the KU Leuven University Library and the newly created St-Raphaël Square. The first part, Fire, commemorates the resurrection of the University Library after the devastating fire of World War I. Water, Earth, Air, the second part, rises like a totem pole on a new urban site that is a meeting point for health care and medicine. This collection of essays documents how the two parts of the sculpture and its two sites represent a broader trinity of interaction and togetherness: between the university and the city and its public spaces, between research and art, between the study of health (in this case the brain) and organizing care.

Contents:

A Proper Tribute Urbain VandeurzenKnowledge and Art Luc SelsA Warm Welcome in Leuven Mohamed Ridouani & Bert CornillieThe Four Elements Filip Abraham & Koenraad DebackereStéphane Symons in Conversation with Jaume PlensaEyes Wide Shut - One Theme, with a Dozen Associations around The Four Elements Johan WagemansOne Sedes Sapientiae, Two Locations, Four Elements Mark DerezFour Elements of Academic and Artistic Research Erik ThysThe Four Elements Mark DerezA Skin of Language Tom Van ImschootSt. Raphaël's Square Rebecca Gysen & Karen LanduydtLeuven: Art in Public Spaces Stéfanie LambrechtsCoda Plensa and Contemporary KU Leuven: Four Elements, Three Narratives, Two Locations, One Sculpture Geert BouckaertBiography Jaume PlensaSelected Artworks Jaume PlensaAbout the AuthorsColophon.

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ISBN:

94-6166-600-4

Publisher Number:

10.11116/9789461666000