Illa das Esculturas de Pontevedra
The Illa das Esculturas de Pontevedra (German: Island of Sculptures near Pontevedra ), also called Illa das Esculturas , is a sculpture park on the Lérez River in the immediate vicinity of the A Xunqueira campus of the University of Vigo in Pontevedra , Galicia in Spain .
The sculpture park was planned as part of a leisure and green space facility and opened in 1999. The sculpture park extends over an area of 70,000 m². Twelve contemporary Spanish and international artists were asked to create a work of art, most of them doing their work as Land Art .
collection
- Cielo acortado (1999), by Giovanni Anselmo .
- Los 36 justos (1999), by Fernando Casás .
- Untitled (1999), by José Pedro Croft .
- Pyramid (1988-1999) by Dan Graham .
- Petrarch (1999), by Ian Hamilton Finlay .
- Zonder titel (1999), by Jenny Holzer .
- Saavedra (1999), by Francisco Leiro .
- Línea de Pontevedra (1999), by Richard Long .
- Laberinto de Pontevedra (1999), by Robert Morris .
- Una Folie o Pequeño Paraiso para Pontevedra (1999), by Anne and Patrick Poirier .
- Untitled (1999), by Ulrich Rückriem .
- Xaminorio xunquemenes abay (1999), by Enrique Velasco .
Photo gallery
Laberinto de Pontevedra by Robert Morris
Saavedra by Francisco Leiro
Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '24 " N , 8 ° 38' 2" W.