Huge sculptures of steel and copper take over the port of Dénia: what are these monuments of Juan Méjica?
Until July 3, the monumental sculptures of the Asturian Juan Méjica fill the space of the Cervantes esplanade, in the port of Dénia.
It is about some moles of steel and copper, seven in total, that show a very Spanish and Asturian iconography, according to what Mexico explained. They have a height close to 4 meters and weigh up to 5 tons.
El título de las obras nos da pistas de la inspiración de la muestra: Caballo ibérico, Gran toro español, Árbol tótem (homenaje al tejo, árbol mágico y totémico en tierras asturianas), Caballo asturcón, Cabeza tótem, Mujer solar y Barco arenisco. Piezas pensadas para ser contempladas, pero también, según voluntad del artista, «para ser tocadas y que los niños, si quieren, se suban y disfruten».
The itinerant exhibition of monumental sculptures by Juan Méjica has been traveling uninterruptedly for 12 years and Dénia is the 51st city to which it arrives.
