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ANTONI LLENA I FONT (Barcelona, 1943). "David and Goliath". Steel and wood, copy 3/7. Signed and titled on the base. Measurements: 55 x 37 x 42 cm. This piece is a small version of the sculpture with the same title made by Antoni Llena in steel, which can be found in the Cascades Park in Barcelona, designed in the context of the XXV Olympic Games held in Barcelona in 1992. A sculptor, painter, engraver and writer, Antoni Llena was a Capuchin monk until 1966, an experience that led him to meet artists of the stature of Antoni Tàpies and Albert Ràfols-Casamada, personalities with whom he maintained a close relationship. As a result, Llena kept in touch with different artists such as Jordi Galí, Silvia Guner and Algel Jové. He held his first exhibition in a Lleida gallery in 1969, an exhibition that consisted in the representation - and subsequent drawing on the walls - of the shadows cast by his sculptures. Antoni Llena's work is related to arte povera, developing a conceptual art based on the use of basic materials and waste. Among his works are those located in public spaces in the city of Barcelona, such as "David and Goliath" (1992), "I'd rather not" (2002) and "World" (2004) and "Homage to the castellers" (2012). Throughout his career, Llena has taught artistic literature at the University of Girona and has led workshops for the School of Visual Arts in New York.