Megasize Obama portrait in sand

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:52am

The above is an aerial view of a humongous portrait of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, sculpted in gravel and sand by American artist Jorge Rodriguez Gerada on a Barcelona beachfront, on Nov. 3. The project is called Expectation, and it required a civil engineering firm, a topographer, machinery for clearing the area, and gravel as a filler, among other things.

Information provided with the photo says:

The outsize scale allows the artist to allude to the global impact on the eve of his [Obama's] election. It both embodies the immense sense of hope felt by Barack Obanma's [sic] supporters and raises a mirror to reflect the source of that hope.

Photo: LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images

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This is getting ridiculous

A lot of Europeans and other foreigners are going to be sorely disappointed when Prez O turns out not to be the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy.

Millions dollar question

And the millions dollars question is: how much did it cost?

But ok, it looks amazing

Location of the sculpture

After a little searching using Google Earth we found the spot where this has been consctucted. Point to:

41?24'25" N 2?13'23" E

It hasn't made to the database yet but with the next pass it should show up.

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