White Hermit VI
2019
A captivating sculptural work by acclaimed Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, known for his monumental public art installations worldwide. This unique piece features Plensa's signature openwork figure composed of letters and mathematical symbols in stainless steel, seated contemplatively upon a white marble stone base. The intricate cutout design creates a translucent human form that explores themes of communication, knowledge, and the human condition—hallmarks of Plensa's celebrated practice.
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- Stainless steel and marble stone
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Spotted works by Jaume Plensa
Artists in conversation
Antony Gormley
British · b. 1950
Gormley similarly creates figurative sculptures that explore the human body as a philosophical and spiritual vessel, often using industrial materials like cast iron and steel to render contemplative seated or standing human forms that investigate themes of presence and inner life.
Kiki Smith
American · b. 1954
Smith produces intricate figurative sculptures in materials including bronze and marble that examine the human condition and the body as a site of meaning, with an openwork and fragmented aesthetic that shares Plensa's interest in transparency and the permeable boundary between form and void.
Do Ho Suh
South Korean · b. 1962
Do Ho Suh creates translucent and openwork figurative sculptures that render the human form as a semitransparent, layered structure, exploring collective identity, knowledge, and the relationship between the individual body and larger systems of meaning in ways that closely parallel Plensa's typographic human forms.
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