Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda

Sculpture by Jaume Plensa

Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda
The sculpture in Chicago in 2015
Artist	Jaume Plensa

Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda, or simply Awilda, is a 2012 sculpture by Jaume Plensa.

Description and history

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]

References

^ Borrelli, Christopher. "Inside artist Jaume Plensa's giant Millennium Park sculptures". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ "Millennium Park's giant head, 'Awilda,' is coming down". Chicago Tribune. 2016-01-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
^ "PAMM Welcomed Jaume Plensa's "Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda" with Art Talk and Reception - World Red Eye". World Red Eye. 2017-03-23. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ ^a ^b "How This Iconic Chicago Sculpture Ended up in Miami". Retrieved 2017-07-11.