Enric Pladevall (born 1951 in

Vic Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): ...

) is a

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sculptor.

Biography

Pladevall was born in 1951 in

, Barcelona and in 1968 he entered Barcelona's Fine Arts school. His prolific career as a sculptor is acknowledged with important scholarships and awards. His artistic accomplishments are well established in both national and international fields. His work has been exhibited at Barcelona's Fundació Joan Miró, the

Maeght gallery The Galerie Maeght is a gallery of modern art in Paris, France, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The gallery was founded in 1936 in Cannes. The Paris gallery was started in 1946 by Aimé Maeght. The artists exhibited are mainly from France and ...

as well as in Italy, France, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, the United States and Japan. He has got public sculptures in Korea, Barcelona,

Manresa Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...

, Reus, El Prat de Llobregat and Girona. Some of his most valued sculptures are ''Androgyne Planet'' at Atlanta's

Centennial Olympic Park Centennial Olympic Park is a public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. It was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as part of the infrastructu ...

, and ''L'arbre de la Vida'' ("The tree of life"), at Barcelona's

Cosmocaixa CosmoCaixa Barcelona () is a science museum located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Formerly known as the Science Museum of Barcelona, it closed for renovations in 1998 and reopened in 2004 under its current name. The museum features a variety of ...

. Also, Pladevall's sculptures can be found at museums worldwide, such as MACBA, Museo Reina Sofia, Cuenca's

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español The ''Museo de Arte Abstracto Español'' (Museum of Spanish Abstract Art) is a museum in Cuenca, Spain established in 1966. It has a collection of some 129 paintings, mainly by 1950s and 1960s Spanish artists. History In 1961 artist Fernando ...

Fundación Juan March The Fundación Juan March is a foundation established in 1955 by Juan March, who was Spain's richest man. The foundation produces exhibitions as well as concert and lecture series. Its headquarters in Madrid houses a library devoted to contemporar ...

, The Lehigh Art Gallery Museum of Pennsylvania, the Atlanta History Center or the Urban Redevelopment Authority Collection in Singapore. File:Constalació.jpg, ''Constalació''. Iron, zinc and stone. Hommage to

Joan Vinyoli Joan Vinyoli i Pladevall (3 July 1914 — 30 November 1984) was a Catalan people, Catalan poet, born in Barcelona, Spain. Vinyoli first became familiar with poetry by reading the works of Rainer Maria Rilke and at the beginning of his career ...

( Reus) File:Androgyne Planet.jpg, ''Androgyne planet''.

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, wood, and bronze, 9 m. height.

, Atlanta File:Tità amantis.jpg, ''Tità Amantis'', in

Ventalló Ventalló is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its ...

File:Gran fus.jpg, ''Gran fus'', in the sculpture garden next to Barcelona's Fundació Joan Miró File:Jardí d'escultures Plaça Can Mario Palafrugell- Enric Pladevall.jpg, Plaça Can Mario sculpture garden, Palafrugell File:114 Font mutant, pl. Àngel Pestaña.jpg, ''Font Mutant'', Barcelona

References

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