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< KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK > 1999 Glass, Neon bulb 307*135*135cm |
Every human being is a "place". Every woman, every man, every child, every old person are themselves a living-space which moves and unfolds; a ÒplaceÓ in the sense of time, geography, volume and colour.
Whole cities built out of bodies that open and shut like doors.Flashing lights.
Each time a human being dies, a house shuts up and a ÒplaceÓ is lost.
My work is its remembrance. The freeze-frame of all those bodies which in their unfolding, disappear at lightening speed.
My work is their volume. hing else. But it is none-the-less an art object that the artist has created in a casual manner from commonplace objects by retouching their usual size and position.
Jaume Plensa
Barcelona, July 2000
Each time a human being dies, a house shuts up and a ÒplaceÓ is lost.
My work is its remembrance. The freeze-frame of all those bodies which in their unfolding, disappear at lightening speed.
My work is their volume. hing else. But it is none-the-less an art object that the artist has created in a casual manner from commonplace objects by retouching their usual size and position.
Jaume Plensa
Barcelona, July 2000
