Sculpture 'Tors de dona'

Coordinates: 41.9855890000, 2.8205520000 (map)

Out of four artworks by the Catalan sculptor Rosa Serra that stand today in Girona, three are dedicated to the subject of female beauty. Without a doubt, ever since Girona received her fantastic statue Tors de dona (The torso of a woman) in 1982, madam Serra has been scrupulous in inspecting her works from every possible angle.

If the sculpture in question was put up in a park, surrounded by hedges and planters somewhat restricting access from undesired angles, the public would likely not notice anything out of the ordinary. However, The Torso of a Woman now stands at the busy intersection of Bonastruc de Porta, Artillers and Figuerola streets, and the passersby walking along the latter would encounter a more unexpected, far from female, form.

Every guidebook for Girona that covers modern art these days makes a note of this, attaching photos that depict the statue from both angles — the obvious and the controversial one. To the credit of the artist herself, she neither denied the resemblance nor claimed that that was the artistic intent all along. A simple coincidence, that's all.