Jaume Plensa's 'Invisibles' Installation at Madrid's Palacio de Cristal

Jaume Plensa's site-specific installation 'Invisibles' is on view at the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid's Parque del Retiro through March 3, 2019. The glass and iron pavilion, built in 1887 for the Philippines Exposition, houses the sculptural group of incomplete faces delineated by steel nets, suspended in the air. The figures, named Laura, Anna, and Rui Rui, are formed solely by bent steel wires creating three-dimensional weaves. Light entering through the glass surfaces reflects on the iron, making the ethereal faces emerge. The project is organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and curated by João Fernandes. Plensa, born in Barcelona in 1955, has worked across media including engravings, drawings, sound, video, and stage design, and has lived in Germany, the UK, France, and the US. His public sculptures and installations are found in Italy, Japan, Canada, Sweden, and Thailand. The installation coincides with a retrospective at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) covering his career from the 1980s to recent works.