They measure two meters high by two meters wide, weigh 400 kilos and are made of thin sheets of steel that create the portrait, separately, of the kings Felipe and Letizia, One in front of the other. These are the sculptures that have presided over the Zarzuela gardens for a few weeks and that, according to their author, Lolo Garnershow “a different perspective” of the monarch and his wife: “I wanted to make a relevant work that gave freshness and with a different perspective.”
The Mallorcan artist created the first piece, that of the king, in 2021, and sent it to the Royal Household as a gift that was welcomed. He discovered that she had been placed in a privileged place (next to the mast that raises the Spanish flag, where the official photographs are taken) and then wanted her to be accompanied by one of Doña Letizia. In August 2023, Garner met Felipe VI at the King's Cup trophy presentation, at the Mallorca Nautical Club, and confessed: “Your Majesty, your wife's sculpture looked better to me and I think it has surpassed to yours”.
Lolo Garner's work has the peculiarity of being made using a technique known as optokinetics, which plays with angles giving movement to the sculpture depending on the position of the viewer. “The characteristic of this work is that it can be seen from a fourth dimension, that is, inside the work and be part of it,” he explained. His works, exhibited at such important fairs as the Silk Road International Art Festival in China or the Love Burn in Miami, have crossed borders and the kings have not been the first to inspire him: Pope Francis, the chef Martín Berasategui or the singer Joan Manuel Serrat also has theirs.
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