Tribute to Olympic competitors from the Province of Las Palmas

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Art · Subcategory: Sculpture · Year: c. 2001 · Authors: Juan Bordes

This monument pays tribute to the Olympic sportsmen and women from the province of Las Palmas, and is made up of a series of figures and steel type structures. Under each of the Olympic Games from London 1948 through to Peking 2008, are the names of competitors and their corresponding discipline. These figures represent masculine and feminine torsos displaying well honed anatomies. In this work, sculptor Juan Bordes reflects his ample knowledge of classic and classist culture, especially Greek sculpture from the Hellenic period  and anotomic exploration from late Renaissance or 16th century Mannerism.

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