Sculpture Park at Cerro Nutibara

1983

At the beginning of the 1980s, the municipal administration conceived a project to transform Nutibara Hill into a cultural and recreational center. Thus, in 1983, at the initiative of the Medellín Mayor’s Office, with the direction and advice of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM), the coordination of the renowned artist Édgar Negret, and the sponsorship and collaboration of private companies, the Nutibara Hill Sculpture Park was created. Ten national and international artists were invited to bring the project to life: Édgar Negret, Carlos Rojas, Alberto Uribe, John Castles, and Ronny Vayda, among the Colombian sculptors, and Carlos Cruz-Diez, Manuel Felguérez, Julio Le Parc, and Sergio de Camargo, among the international artists. Each artist was to create their sculpture within twenty days. A year later, with the idea of ​​ensuring the project’s continuity and expanding the Sculpture Park, a work by the German artist Otto Hajek was installed. The intention was that, with its periodic expansions, the project would serve as a “thermometer” of contemporary sculpture over a period of fifty years, something that ultimately did not materialize.

The projects that were part of the Nutibara Hill Sculpture Park are:

Édgar Negret. Tower.
Assembled and painted aluminum. 4 m.

Carlos Rojas. Untitled.
Painted concrete and steel. 6 x 10 x 10 m.

Otto Hajek. Sign Fluttering into Space.
Painted concrete. 6 m.

Manuel Felguérez. Construction.
Iron and concrete. 4 x 6.7 x 12 m.

Alberto Uribe. Untitled.
Painted concrete and steel. 4.5 x 7 x 7 m.

Sergio de Camargo. Untitled.
Polished marble. 0.7 x 0.5 m.

Carlos Cruz-Díez. Chromovegetal Structure.
Concrete and plant construction. 3 x 20 x 10 m.

John Castles. Construction.
Welded steel pipe. 3.8 m.

Ronny Vayda. Untitled.
Iron and glass. 2.4 x 3.6 x 1.5 m.

Julio Le Parc. Untitled.
Fiberglass assembled on aluminum. 6.5 x 2.7 m.