{"id":5098,"date":"2020-05-21T03:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T03:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopchicagodev.wpenginepowered.com\/artists-corner-the-chicago-picasso\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:33:12","slug":"artists-corner-the-chicago-picasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/artists-corner-the-chicago-picasso\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist&#8217;s Corner: The Chicago Picasso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"loop-intro wp-block-paragraph\">El&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/go\/the-picasso\/\">Chicago Picasso<\/a>&nbsp;En Daley Plaza puede ser la m\u00e1s extra\u00f1a de las muchas que hay en el Loop.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/explore\/things-to-do\/public-art\/\">Lugares emblem\u00e1ticos de la cultura art\u00edstica<\/a>. Hace m\u00e1s de 50 a\u00f1os, el 25 de mayo de 1967, se comenz\u00f3 a construir la ic\u00f3nica estructura de Loop, y los bocetos del estatuto provocaron mucha controversia. <a href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/do-business\/httpsloopchicago-comdo-businessinvestresearch-and-resources\/arts-in-the-loop-economic-impact-study\/\">Hoy<\/a>, Con un impacto econ\u00f3mico anual de $250 millones en el sector art\u00edstico, reconocemos que el Loop no ser\u00eda lo mismo sin una de las primeras instalaciones de arte p\u00fablico que anim\u00f3 a los artistas a utilizar este espacio urbano como lienzo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading loop-h2\">Historia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Pablo Picasso, sin duda uno de los escultores m\u00e1s grandes de la historia del mundo occidental, recibi\u00f3&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lshdesign.com\/firm-profile\/about-us\/history\/item\/271-1963-picasso-poem\" target=\"_blank\">un poema<\/a>&nbsp;En 1963, Richard Bennett, el arquitecto del Daley Center, escribi\u00f3 una carta instando a Picasso a dise\u00f1ar una escultura para la ciudad de Chicago y ofreci\u00e9ndole una bonita comisi\u00f3n de $100.000. Picasso, caracter\u00edsticamente, rechaz\u00f3 la comisi\u00f3n pero&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lshdesign.com\/firm-profile\/about-us\/history\/item\/270-1963-1967-picasso-sculpture\" target=\"_blank\">Sin embargo, acept\u00f3 la tarea.<\/a>, afirmando que quer\u00eda que fuera \u201cun regalo para el pueblo de Chicago\u201d. As\u00ed fue como el Chicago Picasso \u2014conocido as\u00ed porque Picasso lo dej\u00f3 sin t\u00edtulo\u2014 fue construido en Gary, Indiana y erigido en Daley Plaza en agosto de 1967, donde permanece hasta el d\u00eda de hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly enough, though, the&nbsp;famous sculpture was not the artist&#8217;s first impact on the city of Chicago. In 2013, the Art Institute of Chicago&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/exhibition\/picasso-and-chicago\" target=\"_blank\">celebraron el aniversario de 100 a\u00f1os<\/a>&nbsp;de su relaci\u00f3n con Picasso, ya que fue el primer museo de arte de los Estados Unidos en exhibir la obra del joven Picasso en 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/picasso-Main-Photo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading loop-h2\">Controversia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">La escultura de Picasso fue inmediatamente objeto de controversia. \u00bfQu\u00e9 representaba? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 la ciudad quer\u00eda algo as\u00ed en lugar, digamos, de una representaci\u00f3n de una figura p\u00fablica famosa? La primera pregunta nunca fue realmente respondida \u2014y ciertamente no por el propio artista\u2014 aunque algunos especuladores sugieren que se inspir\u00f3 en algo que va desde la divinidad egipcia Anubis hasta el perro afgano favorito de Picasso, o quiz\u00e1s incluso en una mujer francesa con quien Picasso ten\u00eda una supuesta relaci\u00f3n plat\u00f3nica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">As for the city of Chicago&#8217;s&nbsp;intent, Picasso\u2019s popularity at the time suggests itself. While most sculptures in this artistic era depicted historical figures, a sculpture by someone like Picasso would doubtlessly improve tourism and Chicago\u2019s cultural reputation around the world., especially when it came to the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading loop-h2\">Hoy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">El Picasso de Chicago se alza orgulloso como uno de los lugares art\u00edsticos m\u00e1s famosos del Loop de Chicago, y sigue siendo un ejemplo conmovedor del poder que la arte p\u00fablica tiene para modelar positivamente la imagen de una ciudad ante los ojos del p\u00fablico, as\u00ed como de la dedicaci\u00f3n de la ciudad de Chicago a la arte p\u00fablica. Debido a su ubicaci\u00f3n central en Daley Plaza, el Picasso aparece en videos y fotograf\u00edas de muchos eventos del Loop de Chicago, incluidos el Christkindlmarket anual, diversos discursos, actuaciones musicales y mercados de agricultores. Tambi\u00e9n ha aparecido en varias pel\u00edculas ambientadas en Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Today, for Chicago Loop tourists, workers, residents, and students alike,&nbsp;Picasso&#8217;s&nbsp;bold, striking work sparks memories of great things past and anticipations of greater things to come. Though we will never know exactly what the sculptor himself had in mind, perhaps, in the end, those memories and those hopes for the future were Picasso\u2019s real gift to the people of this great city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sculpture-by-Picasso-Daley-Plaza-Slide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Picasso in Daley Plaza may be the strangest of the Loop\u2019s many artistic landmarks. 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