Using Words to Recount: the Relation between Art and Literature in the Work of Jaume Plensa

Abstract

The question of the autonomy of art in relation to literature has been an ongoing debate in the art world. In this article we discuss the relationship between art and literature, and how Jaume Plensa raises a new point where the work of art does not intend to be an auxiliary image of the text that inspires it. In this context, we have analyzed the works of the Catalan sculptor in relation to its literary sources, trying to reveal the different paths of sculptural representation that these stories have forged within the imaginary of Plensa.