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Jaume Plensa (Jaume Plensa 61)

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ARTIKA invites us to discover the starting point of all his creations, the place where his ideas are generated and which bears witness to his extraordinary work, through an artist's book created in collaboration with Plensa. A numbered edition, signed by the artist and limited to 2,998 copies. "The case, an original, limited-edition sculpture created especially for this edition, represents the face of a girl with her eyes closed, an iconic image from Plensa's artistic universe." Inside, it houses two volumes, giving us access to the artist's most intimate world. On the other hand, "Notes and Annotations," the Book of Studies, constitutes a direct journey to the germ of ideas or to the most inaccessible part of the artist, through faithful reproductions of his notebooks.

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