Street art · Barcelona

Els Mistos

By Claes Oldenburg

Giant matchsticks pierce the Barcelona skyline near a busy roundabout, their surrealist bulbous heads echoing Joan Miró's playful biomorphic forms. 'Els Mistos' turns a mundane object monumental, a Pop-Art gesture towering over Vall d'Hebron traffic.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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