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Plensa, Jaume - Dream
Identifier
029580
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Plensa, Jaume - Dream
In 2007, working closely with a group of local ex-miners, Plensa was commissioned to create a new work on the landmark site of a former colliery near St Helens, Merseyside, as part of the Big Art Project, a major national public art initiative linked to Channel 4. Unveiled in spring 2009, Dream consists of an elongated white structure 20 metres (66 ft) tall, weighing 500 tons, which has been carved to resemble the head and neck of a young woman with her eyes closed in meditation. The structure is coated in sparkling white Spanish dolomite, as a contrast to the coal which used to be mined there.