Street art · Madrid

El Árbol de la Vida

By Jaume Plensa

El Árbol de la Vida by Jaume Plensa, Madrid
Photo: Zarateman, CC0

A calligraphic tangle of white letterforms erupts into a laser-cut red canopy — like Jean Dubuffet's graffiti scribbles crossed with a giant wind-caught poppy. Madrid's 'El Árbol de la Vida' turns urban script into a towering, wildly organic sculptur

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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