Entrance hall, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the ceiling is Space Environment 51-A1 by Lucio Fontana, a neon sculpture created for the 1951 Milan Triennale, resembling a line drawn at random in the air in perpetual motion. On the wall is Splat, 2001, by Sol LeWitt, 1928-2007, an 18m long mural created for this space, with 9 bands of bright colour irregular waves. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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