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La mano del desierto (the hand of the desert) is not actually abandoned as most of the things you can find in this blog...It's a piece of art, and it's hard to tell if a piece of art is ever abandoned.
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Nevertheless, the sight of this surrealistic giant hand in this very special location, the driest desert of Atacama, in Chile just moves me the same way as abandoned things do.
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The artist behind it is the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal. the hand was constructed at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level. The work has a base of iron and cement, and stands 11 meters tall. The sculpture was inaugurated on March 28, 1992.
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Mario Irarrázabal also made similar sculptures in Punta del Este, in Uruguay in 1982, in the city of Madrid in 1987, and in Venice 1995.
coordinates : 24°09'30.04"S 70°09'23.65"W
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"Art is never finished, only abandoned" - Leonardo da Vinci.
Straight from one of the most amazing artists of all time. Art is always abandoned at some point and never finished.
i hate it when people put graffiti in nature
do people know what was the origin of the hand?
My god that is beautiful.