Spain unveils EU presidency art installation
(BRUSSELS) - Spain unveiled a giant lighting sculpture on Tuesday that will hang from the atrium of the European Union headquarters building in Brussels where leaders and ministers decide on bloc policies.
Madrid artist Daniel Canogar said his undulating 'Traversias' installation, 33 by 1.65 metres (108 x 5.4 feet), represents the thousands of people passing under it each weekday whether striking EU staff, diplomats or journalists.
Spain's Culture Minister Angeles Gonzales-Sinde was also on hand and laid out Madrid's cultural agenda for its six months at the head of the bloc, stressing greater digitalisation as well as social and economic potential.
A year ago, the Czech Republic unveiled a controversial work that played on national stereotypes among the EU's 27 countries, which annoyed Bulgaria by depicting it as a squat toilet.
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