Jaume Plensa

JAUME PLENSA (Barcelona, 1955).
"Blind".
Etching and collage, copy 14/20.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 57 x 47 cm; 65 x 58,5 cm (frame).

In "Blind", Plensa articulates a direct reflection on perception, language and incommunication. The work is structured as an austere plane, dominated by a gray surface that acts as a wall. In its center, a circular image reveals, as a peephole, an everyday scene: a butcher's counter, fragments of animal bodies, gestures of routine work.

The text at the top introduces a question that questions the viewer, while the translucent envelope with the word "DUMB" barely inside alludes to the impossibility of naming what is seen. Image, word and object combine to build a work of strong conceptual charge, where seeing does not imply understanding and where silence acquires a physical weight.

Trained at the Massana School in Barcelona and later influenced by contemporary European sculpture, Plensa develops his own style where the human figure, signs and materials are simplified and reorganized in compositions that dialogue with the viewer both visually and conceptually. Plensa has exhibited internationally at leading institutions such as the Venice Biennale, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the MoMA in New York and the MACBA in Barcelona. His sculptures and drawings are part of such prestigious collections as the Tate Modern (London), Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid).