The Challenge Sculpture (Spanish: ''Reto'') is a
monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...
of 8 meters located in a park called ''The Artist'' in
Itagüi,
Colombia
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.
Background
It was built in the period of 1991–1993 by the master
Salvador Arango
Salvador Arango is a Colombian sculptor, born in Itagüi, Colombia in 1944. He is known as "SAAR".
Career
In 1976, Arango attended the Ninth International Sculpture Conference in New Orleans on behalf of Colombia, and was invited by the Univ ...
. It is located in a park called ''The Artist'' in
Itagüi,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It is considered one of the most important sculptures of the city and of
Aburrá Valley
Aburrá Valley (in Spanish ''Valle de Aburrá''), is the natural river basin of the Medellín River and one of the most populous valleys of Colombia in its Andean Region with near 4 million inhabitants in its biggest urban agglomeration: The Me ...
.
It was built on the initiative of the government of Itagüi as a social and cultural project for the sector. The sculpture is inspired by the challenges of humanity and the importance of giving meaning to life.
Arango has received awards from the government of
Antioquia, with representative works of the city of
Medellin.
See also
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Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
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Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
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Antioquia department
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Colombia
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References
Gobernación de Antioquia accessed 1 February 2013
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Monuments and memorials in Colombia
Itagüí
Buildings and structures in Antioquia Department