Mounted on a cylinder, the cone rises and widens crowned by the thought machine. Cabeza Pensante (Thinking Head), is an iron structure by the famous Valencian sculptor Miquel Navarro, who has put the art work at the service of the city, on a project orchestrated in conjunction with the Valencian City Hall, which aims to bring art to the community.

Thus, from late November and until the 28th of February, this sculptural installation, done by one of the great Spanish art references, will be located in the Plaza del Patriarca.
Athena’s brain
Cabeza Pensante, is a sculptural installation of 6.5 meters that represents the understanding of the Greek goddess Athena. The iron structure painted red is composed of conical and cylindrical shapes that hold the head of the daughter of Zeus.
The artist from the Valencian city Mislata, sculpted the work eleven years ago. Since then, he kept it in the privacy of his cottage. The interest of the Department of Culture of the City of Valencia in the named sculpture and the generosity of Navarro, decided to display it in a prominent place of the streets of Valencia. The goal: to encourage the interest for arts among Valencians and contribute to the ornamental enrichment of the city.
The street art
This is not the first creation that Miquel Navarro has installed in Valencia. The prolific winner of the National Prize of Plastic Arts, with works in museums like the Reina Sofia, MOMA or the Pompidou, and a history of more than forty years, marked by a strong passion to build sculptural, sensual and totemic cities, erected and placed the public fountain popularly known as La Pantera Rosa at Plaza Manuel Sanchis Guarner in 1984, and did the same in 2003 with the Parotet, in the Plaza de Europa. Not to mention his sculptures spread over public spaces in cities such as Castellón, Bilbao, Vitoria, Madrid, Brussels and Murcia, among others.
Miquel Navarro is a prodigal artist who has works, awards and artistic presence in several museums and collections. Born in Mislata (Valencia) in 1946, a town in which he lived and created and where even a is street named after him. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. There he began his career as a painter and from 1972 devoted exclusively to sculpture. From his study of the Moorish district, he has projected his art to the five continents, receiving in 1986 the already mentioned National Prize of Plastic Arts, in 1987 Alfonso Roig Award (Provincial Council of Valencia), in 1990 the Arts Award CEOE Award, the National Association of Art Critics (1995), the Award for the XXI Century Valencian (the Provinces, 2001), the Distinction of the Generalitat Valenciana of Cultural Merit Award 2002 and the Visual Arts World Valencians.
The best way to get to know the exquisite world of Spanish contemporary art is to rent apartments in Valencia and visit some of the street works by sculptor Miquel Navarro.
Translated by: Hans
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