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It looks like I left the best for last, or at least what Bilbao is most commonly associated with - the Guggenheim Museum. I have made known the fact that I don't particularly like modern Art, though I must also confess that the Guggenheim Museum is exquisitely nice to look at from the outside, architecturally speaking.
Surrounded by attractive avenues, parks, exquisite buildings and the colourful bridge of Principes de España, whose paintings I was mesmerised by, the Museum building does stands out, and I am not sure whether it is the titanium sheets or the changing colour of the Museum's outer layer "skin" which depend on the lighting conditions or one's position in regards to it that mostly draws people to it or if it is the mathematical complexity of Frank Gehry's design that does catch one's attention.
The Guggenheim Museum area is still further complemented (on the river side) by several artistic pieces that add to the overall atmosphere, such as the tall tree and the eye stainless steel sculpture by Anish Kapoor, the bouquet of multicolour tulips by Jeff Koons and the outstanding nine metre (almost) tall spider called "Maman" by Louise Bourgeois not to mention the flowery dog on the Alameda Mazarredo side.
Louise Bourgeois work of Art's inspiration touched me immensely and the truth is that by simply looking at it I would have never guessed what the author's main idea was.
Guggenheim Museum as seen from Paseo Campo (left) and Salve (right).
Guggenheim Museum as seen from Avenida Universidades (left) and Puente Deusto (right).
Guggenheim Museum as seen from Pedro Arrupe bridge.
Surrounded by attractive avenues, parks, exquisite buildings and the colourful bridge of Principes de España, whose paintings I was mesmerised by, the Museum building does stands out, and I am not sure whether it is the titanium sheets or the changing colour of the Museum's outer layer "skin" which depend on the lighting conditions or one's position in regards to it that mostly draws people to it or if it is the mathematical complexity of Frank Gehry's design that does catch one's attention.
Salve Park
Salve Park monument praising those who died in the Biscaya bay.
Principes de España bridge artistic decoration.
Principes de España bridge as seen from Muele Campa de los Ingleses
Residencia de las Servas de Jesús - Avenida Universidades.
Alameda Mazarredo (left) and Muele Campa de los Ingleses (right).
The Guggenheim Museum area is still further complemented (on the river side) by several artistic pieces that add to the overall atmosphere, such as the tall tree and the eye stainless steel sculpture by Anish Kapoor, the bouquet of multicolour tulips by Jeff Koons and the outstanding nine metre (almost) tall spider called "Maman" by Louise Bourgeois not to mention the flowery dog on the Alameda Mazarredo side.
Louise Bourgeois work of Art's inspiration touched me immensely and the truth is that by simply looking at it I would have never guessed what the author's main idea was.
I actually walked into the Guggenheim Museum but didn't go further than the Museum's library where I spent some time looking at the books and artefacts.
Once out I sat down in Paseo Uribitarte right in front of a street puppeteer and as a puppet lover let myself be taken by the facial expressions and movements of the tiny string puppet, who very much ressembled the puppeteer in almost every little detail from the facial features to the attiré it was wearing.
(to be continued)
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