Street Sculpture Route II: 04. Courage

Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Category: Route · Subcategory: Street sculpture II · Year: 1995 · Authors: Hanneke Beaumont

The Dutch sculptor Hanneke Beaumont created this work in 1995 for the II Street Sculpture Exhibition of the city.

It is a sculptural group located inside the Plaza del Príncipe that stands out for its scenic representation. It consists of four human figures arranged in two opposing groups, one formed by a single figure and the second by three. The space between the two groups, although physically small, symbolically becomes infinite, since the characters have absent gazes; although in reality it seems that each one is observing their own interior. One of the main characteristics of the sculpted figures is their clothing: tunics that do not denote the gender of the human figures represented; however, if one spends a little more time contemplating them, one can find details that differentiate some tunics from others, with the artist subtly representing different types of fabrics. The figures are presented as souls reflecting under the vegetal camouflage that surrounds them and trapped in an indeterminate moment, with no intention of reacting.

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