Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre
Set in an unpromising spot beneath an overpass on busy Paseo de la Castellana, this open-air sculpture park has 17 pieces by some of Spain’s most prominent abstract artists. When the flyover was built in 1970, the artist Eusebio Sempere—who had been commissioned to design its hand railings—had the idea for the park. The works represent two generations of the Spanish avant-garde including Joan Miró, Gustavo Torner, and Sempere himself, whose stainless steel Móvil (Mobile) cleverly interacts with the hum of the traffic. The most notable sculpture is Eduardo Chillida’s knot of suspended concrete, wittily entitled La Sirena Varada—the Stranded Mermaid.
Set in an unpromising spot beneath an overpass on busy Paseo de la Castellana, this open-air sculpture park has 17 pieces by some of Spain’s most prominent abstract artists. When the flyover was built in 1970, the artist Eusebio Sempere—who had been commissioned to design its hand railings—had the idea for the park. The works represent two generations of the Spanish avant-garde including Joan Miró, Gustavo Torner, and Sempere himself, whose stainless steel Móvil (Mobile) cleverly interacts with the hum of the traffic. The most notable sculpture is Eduardo Chillida’s knot of suspended concrete, wittily entitled La Sirena Varada—the Stranded Mermaid.
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