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El Cap de Barcelona (1991–1992) is a surrealist sculpture created by

American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein

La Gamba sculpture of a

norway lobster by Javier Mariscaldesigned for the former restaurant Gambrinus at the

Passeig de Colom in

Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).

Javier Mariscal is a Valencian Spanish artist and designer whose work has spanned a wide range of mediums, ranging from painting and sculpture to interior design and landscaping. He was born in February 1950 in the city of Valencia, Spain into a family of eleven brothers and sisters. Since 1970, he has been living and working in Barcelona

Cobi was the official mascot of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is a Catalan Sheepdog in Cubist style inspired by the interpretations of Picasso of a masterpiece from Velázquez, Las Meninas. Cobi was designed by Javier Mariscal (1950-). The mascot was unveiled to the public in 1987. His name was derived from the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee (COOB).Before and during the Games, Cobi was shown in a variety of advertisements for Olympic sponsors such as Coca-Cola, Brother Industries and Danone. He even had his own TV series, The Cobi Troupe. He also appeared on an extensive range of souvenirs, dubbed Cobiana, which proved to be a lucrative source of income. During the Games an inflatable Cobi was tethered to the Barcelona waterfront

La Gamba by

Javier Mariscal

El Cap de Barcelona (1991–1992) by American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Barceloneta Plaça del Mar Homenaje a la Natacio,

Alfredo Lanz, 2004

Barceloneta Plaça del Mar Homenaje a la

Natacio, Alfredo Lanz, 2004

Details

Barceloneta Plaça del Mar Homenaje a la

Natacio, Alfredo Lanz,

2004Details

Swimming HommageAlfredo Lanz, 2004

La estrella herida (wounded Star) Rebecca Horn

Homenatge a la Mútua Escolar Blanquerna 1924-1939 Núria TortrasPlaça de Blanquerna

Homenatge a la Mútua Escolar Blanquerna, 1998 Núria Tortras i Planas (b. 1926)

Murals ceràmics Metro Paral-lel

Mural del ferrocarril L.Garciferrer1970 Metro L5 Estació Plaça de Sants

Font del Vell (Damià Campeny i Estrany) Plaça de Sants

Plaça de Sants

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Plaça de Sants El ciclista (Jorge José

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en commemoració a la 75ª edició

de la Volta ciclista a

Catalunya

The Volta a Catalunya is the fourth-oldest cycling stage race in the world (first time in 1911), only behind the Tour de France (1903), Tour of Belgium (1908) and the Giro d'Italia (1909)

Font del Vell (Damià Campeny i Estrany) Plaça de Sants

Barcelona (Sants) Seu del Districte-Ayuntamient,Creu Coberta, 104 - 106

Sants-Montjuïc district offices of Barcelona City Council, Creu Coberta, 104 - 106

Architect Gustà i Bondia,

Jaume(1854 – 1936)

He qualified first as a

master builder and later, in 1879, as an

architect. As a result of his training, like

many architects of that time he

designed buildings of a rather severe

style.

Architect Gustà i Bondia,

Jaume(1854 – 1936)

However, during the

period when Modernisme emerged, he used floral

ornamentation on his works, such as the

former Hostafrancs

Deputy Mayor's building (1895;

1908-1915; Creu Coberta, 106; currently

the Sants-Montjuïc district

offices of Barcelona City Council), which

he reformed with U. Iranzo.

Gradually, however, his style evolved. His compositions lost

their rigidity to suit the demands of his customers, Barcelona's upper middle

classes

El gato del Raval, Fernando Botero

El Raval is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella, one of

the two historical

neighborhoods that border La Rambla, (the

other being the Barri Gòtic). The northern border of the neighborhood is marked by

Plaça Catalunya

El gato del Raval, Fernando Botero

Giant Book Statue in

Passeig de Gràcia,

Homenatge al Llibre

Joan Brossa (1994)

Monument al llibre (“Monument to the

book”), 1994 sculpture by Joan

Brossa for the Gremi de llibreters de vell de Catalunya (“Guild of

second-hand booksellers of

Catalonia”) at the crossing Passeig de Gràcia with Gran Vía

La Diada de Sant Jordi, (Saint George's Day), also known as El dia de la Rosa (The Day of the Rose) or El dia del Llibre (The Day of the Book) is a Catalan holiday held on 23 April, with similarities to Valentine's Day and some unique twists that reflect the antiquity of the celebrations. The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and colleagues. Historically, men gave women roses, and women gave men a book to celebrate the occasion—"a rose for love and a book forever." In modern times, the mutual exchange of books is also customary. Roses have been associated with this day since medieval times, but the giving of books is a more recent tradition originating in 1923, when a bookseller started to promote the holiday as a way to commemorate the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare on 23 April 1616.

Homenatge al LlibreJoan Brossa (1994)

UNESCO declared this day the International Day of the Book, since 23 April 1616 was the date of death and possibly anniversary of birth of both the English playwright William Shakespeare (according to the Julian calendar) and the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes (according to the Gregorian calendar).

Barcino,De Joan Brossa

This visual poem by Joan Brossa stands just in front of Barcelona’s Roman wall, where the aqueduct once entered the city. This curious sculpture, which blends in perfectly with the city’s most ancient stones, spells out the word Barcino, the Roman name of Barcelona, and is the artist’s tribute to the ancient colonyThe ideogram was created by Joan Brossa in 1992 and put in place in 1994, a few years before his death. Brossa, a poet and fine artist, was bold enough to make his art public by bringing it into the street, thus enabling him to pay his own particular homage to the origins of Barcelona

Barcino,de

Joan Brossa

(1919-1998)

Mistos (matches), Claes Oldenburg, Vall d'Hebrón

The Swedish artist Claes Oldenburg was commissioned to create this sculpture during the Olympic period and he chose an everyday object as commonplace as the match as his subject matter. Standing 22 metres high, these huge “matches” protrude in higgledy-piggledy fashion from a matchbook cover. The pop artist plays with the size of an object as insignificant as the match and raises it to an art form. The red and yellow matches seem to leap out of the matchbook cover and some are scattered on the ground. One is still burning with a bluish flame.

The sculpture was made from multi-coloured metal and cement in 1992, and decorates the former Olympic site of the Vall d’Hebrón. It is an attractive, fun landmark that is in perfect harmony with the area reconstructed for the Olympic Games which had been somewhat isolated and forgotten until then. The dynamic sculptural ensemble gives its surroundings character and fully ties in with the pop aesthetic that draws inspiration from the world of comics and advertising. These “matches” cannot go unnoticed. .

Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.Born: 1929 Stockholm, SwedenEducation: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University

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