This week’s edition of Sculpture Saturday presents Robert Llimós’ sculpture, Marc. I photographed this colorful sculpture with my cell phone in 2018 from the Hop On/Hop Off Bus as it passed the Olympic Village in Barcelona, Spain. Research for this post revealed that Marc is one of a pair of nearly identical statues by Llimós portraying a genderless, multi-ethnic figure looking through a large picture frame.
The sculpture was inaugurated in 1997 and is dedicated to Llimós’ son, Marc, who died in 1995. The title is a double entendre as marc means frame in Catalan.
Marc’s counterpart is called Threshold and was installed in Atlanta, GA when the city hosted the Olympic Games in 1996. Robert Llimós is recognized as one of the primary developers of the cultural movement and artistic style called “The New Spanish Figurative Style.”
Sculpture Saturday is a challenge hosted by Susan Kelly at No Fixed Plans.
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how much do they pay the guy to stand there?? 😀
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Ha ha! Whatever it is, he needs a raise. 😊
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Love this .
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Seen this sculpture many times! Barcelona is my home town and I used to live quite close to the Olympic Village. Didn’t know the back story though, thank you for sharing it! Barcelona went through an amazing urbanistic transformation thanks to the 1992 Olympic Games, it had a truly positve impact.
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You live in a beautiful city. So many great things to see and do and amazing weather.
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World of art is coming up with new things almost every day. Really surprising things pop up. Its like how can anyone think on these lines (in a very happy and surprising manner)
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Artists keep us in awe with their creativity.
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your mention of Barcelona really makes me miss that city; we were there in 2018 as well…
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I miss the sights and weather in Barcelona too.
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👍
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I like the bold colors and the double entendre. Thanks for joining in.
Also, kudos to you for your airline and hotel status. I’ve never attained such high status, but now it’s all plummeted. Curse you 2020.
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Many programs have automatically renewed status for 2021. I appreciate that because I’ve not traveled since early March. Thanks for hosting this challenge!
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Really informative and I love the statue
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The statue has a very interesting back story. The colors caught my eye.
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😎
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