Jaume Plensa is a contemporary Spanish artist best known for his depictions of the human face through sculpture and innovative technology. His commission Crown Fountain (2004), a public installation ...
Chicago Tribune: Sculptor Jaume Plensa on why he’ll never replicate Crown Fountain and how it led to his current Chicago gallery show
Another pandemic-year disruption: Jaume Plensa, creator of Millennium Park’s Crown Fountain, was supposed to be in the city and in Michigan this fall, where he’s got a new gallery show and work being ...
Sculptor Jaume Plensa on why he’ll never replicate Crown Fountain and how it led to his current Chicago gallery show
Will the Crown Fountain of the future be the spitting image of the one we know today? Credit: Patrick Pyszka, Courtesy City of Chicago Whenever the Spanish artist Jaume Plensa is in Chicago, the first ...
Barcelona-based artist Jaume Plensa said the first thing he does after checking into his hotel during stays in Chicago is drop by Crown Fountain, the digital waterwork that features human faces ...
WBEZ: The faces in the fountain: Millennium Park’s Crown Fountain still watching over Chicago after 20 years
The faces in the fountain: Millennium Park’s Crown Fountain still watching over Chicago after 20 years
Chicago Sun-Times: The faces in the fountain: Millennium Park's Crown Fountain still watching over Chicago after 20 years
The faces in the fountain: Millennium Park's Crown Fountain still watching over Chicago after 20 years
Chicago Reader: At its tenth anniversary, Crown Fountain remains a wellspring of questions
On a hot summer day in downtown Chicago, expect lots of "splashing around" at the Crown Fountain, as 10-year-old Lexi Peponis pointed out. "It's cold," added 8-year-old Kate Jenny. The fountain's ...