Veleta - Arrieta, Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, España - Kinetic Sculpture and Art on Waymarking.com

"An important part of César Manrique's sculpture is made up of mobiles, what he called Toy of the Wind, they are solid, heavy iron structures, made up of spheres, circles, pyramids ... With the wind they become ethereal, weightless , And they establish a complicated opposite rotary movement, interpreting themselves. He had undoubtedly associated his image with that of the windmills, very abundant in Lanzarote in the past. He wanted to populate that geography with these substitute references, before the slow disappearance of the mills. His plans included the installation of Toy of the Wind at various strategic points throughout the island. In 1990 he installed one in Arrieta: a heavy and spectacular iron "weather vane" painted red that moves gently indicating the direction of the wind."

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Title of Piece: Veleta Artist: César Manrique Material/Media: iron Date of Creation or Placement: 1990 Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): roundaboat Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link] Web link(s) to YouTube or other video: Not listed

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Date Logged Log   08/18/2021 Ariberna visited it