Household Flies – Port de Soller, Mallorca, Spain
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dtrebilc
N 39° 47.842 E 002° 41.748
31S E 473957 N 4405310
This household fly sculpture is in the Train de l'Art Foundation sculpture park. It consists of a simple white pillar with three household flies cling to the pillar sides.
Waymark Code: WMG2WC
Location: Islas Baleares, Spain
Date Posted: 01/05/2013
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The town of Soller is connected to Palma by an electric train and to Port de Soller by an electric tram. The train to Palma was introduced in 1912 and in 2005 the contract to run the line by Ferrocarril de Sóller SA was extended by another 50 years. To celebrate the company created the
Train de l'Art Foundation. There are now pieces of public art on display in Can Prunera, Palma, Soller and Port de Soller. In the case of Port de Soller this small sculpture park was built next to the main tram station and near to the marina.
This sculpture is by
Francesca Marti, a local artist who was born in Soller in 1957. It is called ‘On The Way’ and sculpted in 2003.
Francesca started incorporating flies in her work after a fly distracted her whilst she was working. On one occasion a
fly landed in some wet paint on her canvas and changed the picture she was painting.