Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda | |
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Artist | Jaume Plensa |
Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda, or simply Awilda, is a 2012 sculpture by Jaume Plensa.
The 39- foot tall sculpture originally stood in the surf of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, before being moved to Chicago's Millennium Park. [1] It stood in Millennium Park from June 2014 until January 2016. [2] As of March 2017, Awilda stands at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. [3] It is composed of resin and marble dust, with a metal support structure and an internal frame of fiberglass. [4]
Awilda is based on a real person, a Dominican girl who came to Spain with her mother, who Plensa knew in Barcelona. Plensa took her portrait with a laser scanner, capturing 3D information to manipulate and scale into larger models. [4]