Forgotten streams, a sculpture by cristina iglesias marking the location of the walbrook. Artingenium is coordinating publication of the book, liquid sculpture. Forgotten streams sculpture by artist cristina iglesias. Cristina iglesias forgotten streams, 2017 cast bronze, water, stone, stainless steel and hydraulic mechanism installation at bloomberg european headquarters building, city of london, uk. At 60, cristina iglesias is among spains most wellestablished artists internationally, although poorly represented in britains permanent collections. Forgotten streams sculpture by artist cristina iglesias at the bloomberg european headquarters building in the city of london uk kathy dewitt forgotten streams art installation, a creation by cristina iglesias, a spanish artist born in 1956 in san sebastian.
Bronze representation of the lost river walbrook, by cristina iglesias, outside bloombergs new european hq. Londons lost river walbrook, which the victorians built over, appears to have been uncovered this week. Cristina iglesias forgotten streams, 2017 marian goodman. The piece becomes the protection of the building and also a gathering place. Cristina iglesias is a spanish installation artist and sculptor living and working in madrid. The royal academy of arts today announced that cristina iglesias has. Cristina iglesiass artwork in the modernist garden at bombas gens. Recent public commissions include forgotten streams at bloomberg headquarters in london 2017 and the enormous permanent public commission, tres. Media in category forgotten streams the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Guggenheim museum publications collection guggenheimmuseum. Cristina iglesias was born in san sebastian, spain in 1956. People will walk rapidly by the square and see the piece only at a glance, but.
Tres aguas toledo, forgotten streams at the bloomberg building. Therefore dialogues in the relation between public and private. Forgotten streams bronze representation of the lost. The spanish artist cristina iglesias s forgotten streams 2017 now flows gently through the heart of the capitals financial district, appearing in three places in the pavement outside financial media giant bloombergs new. The artist cristina iglesias will discuss her work, entwined, currently on view at marian goodman gallery new york, as well as the ionosphere a place of silent storms, and forgotten streams, her. The walbrook is a subterranean river in the city of london that gave its name to the walbrook. Forgotten streams cristina iglesias hidden hydrology. Forgotten streams, 2017 bronze, water, stone, stainless steel and hydraulic mechanism bloomberg, london photo. She works with many materials, including steel, water, glass, bronze, bamboo, straw and is known for. A sculptural, sitespecific work by artist cristina iglesias is placed in the. She currently lives and works in torrelodones, madrid. Set just below the level of the square, the pool appeared like a vertiginous, dark mirror in which the royal museum of fine arts, the streetlamps, and the moon were reflected.
Born on september 23, 1943, sony music entertainment confirms that he is one of the top 10 best selling artists in history. Throughout her career, iglesias has defined a unique sculptural vocabulary, building immersive and experiential environments that reference and unite architecture, literature and culturally sitespecific influences. The work is inspired by the ancient walbrook river which flowed on this site. Situated at bloombergs european hq, cristina iglesias s sculpture forgotten streams explores the hidden history of walbrook. Cast bronze, water, stone, stainless steel and hydraulic mechanism. Cristina iglesias the viewer is fundamental in my work. This is an interdisciplinary research project, in which a panel of international artists, art historians, curators, philosophers, curators and scientists reflect on cristina iglesias s rich and complex contribution to public and private sculpture taking the artists singular structures as their starting point, the.
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