Prensa | White Bust: A Giant Face Bowing with Closed Eyes

A white head sculpture, approximately twenty meters high, stands on a spoil tip of a disused coal mine: the head and neck of a young girl, eyes closed, slightly bowed, with a serene expression. The surface is pure white Spanish white concrete, polished to emit a soft glow on an overcast day, creating an extreme contrast with the black soil of the surrounding coal mine ruins. The head is vertically elongated, with unrealistic proportions, making it appear both human and an abstract volume. The work was selected with the participation of local retired miners. The surroundings consist of re-vegetated mine spoil tips and distant mountains. Shot from a low angle on an overcast day with soft light, the boundary between the white volume and the gray sky is soft. Avoid: surface painted other colors, eyes open, realistic proportions, placed in a bright, busy urban square.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座高約二十公尺的白色頭像立在一座廢棄煤礦的土丘上:一名少女的頭部與頸部,眼睛閉著、微微低垂,表情平靜。表面為純白的西班牙白色混凝土,拋光後在陰天中發出柔和的光,與周圍煤礦遺址的黑色土壤形成極端對比。頭部被垂直拉長,比例不寫實,因此看起來既像人也像一個抽象的量體。作品由當地的退休礦工參與選定。周圍為重新綠化的礦區土丘與遠山。陰天的柔和光線下低角度仰拍,白色量體與灰色天空的界線柔和。避免:表面塗成其他顏色、眼睛睜開、比例寫實、放在明亮繁忙的都市廣場。