Article published in El Periòdic
One of the most seductive characters of the Antic. Egypt is watching everyone who passes through the Coprinceps square. d’Escaldes-Engordany. The bust of the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaton is one of the the most admired artistic works of antiquity and source of many legends. The sculptor Jordi Díez was inspired by this figure to create his work. Nefer 2.0, installed today in the Escaldenc urban space.
The landscape that you will be able to observe who will be component of the dynasty of the ancient Egyptian royal house will be very different from the the aridness of the desert of what used to be his empire. The beauty of Nefertiti has history through his bust. Díez will emphasize that his is “a sculpture that, apart from being of exceptional formal rigor, proposes a enigma”, because it has a physiognomy with a very high evolutionary degree. elevat. Moreover, he has done it with a distinctive element, such as the absence of eyes. Tot and this, “provides a very special look, since it does not look and at the same time it observes tot”, said Díez.
The work is made of steel and measures 1.80 meters. It is located on a base of granite stone from Andorra of about 1,500 kilos. The creation of the work “has been possible thanks to a scan in three dimensions and subsequently a whole series of weldings have given the work to be finished”. The major councilor of Escaldes-Engordany, Josep Tudel, indicated that “it has been a great good fortune to find the artist and, in addition that the sculpture was available, since it has a great international projection”, and serves as “a detail that had been missing for some time in the Coprínceps square”. Tudel will advance that “this placement will be of definitive character”.
