San Sabastien - Chillida - a photo on Flickriver

            The wonderful and evocative sculpting of the Basque sculptor, Chillida seen in 'heavy weather' - just brilliant. 

El peine del viento / The comb of the wind

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui (1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. He received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Sculpture in 1985.
Before becoming a sculptor he had been the goalkeeper for Real Sociedad, San Sebastián's football team.
Chillida's earliest sculptures concentrated on the human form (mostly torsos and busts); his later works tended to be more massive and more abstract, producing many monumental public works. Chillida himself tended to reject the label of "abstract", preferring instead to call himself a "realist sculptor".
At their best his works, although massive and monumental, suggest movement and tension. For example, the largest of his works in the United States, "De Musica" is an 81-ton steel sculpture featuring two pillars with arms that reach out but do not touch. Much of Chillida's work is inspired by his Basque upbringing, and many of his sculptures' titles are in the Basque language Euskera. A large body of his work can be seen in the Basque city, San Sebastián (Donostia), including El peine del viento (The comb of the wind) installed in the (often stormy) sea in La Concha bay at San Sebastian.
His steel sculpture "De Música III" was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the UK, as part of a retrospective of Chillida's work.  Ref Wikipedia
   

Taken in: España / Euskadi / Donostia-San Sebastián (show map)

Taken on: October 31, 2009

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