The Spanish artist Jaume Plensa is one of the most important contemporary artists working today. Born in Barcelona in 1955, Plensa is internationally recognized for his large figurative sculptures and installations that produce enchanting and mystifying visions of the human form as landscape. A significant portion of his work is located in public spaces of cities in Spain, France, Japan, England, Canada, the United States and other countries. The Crown Fountain, unveiled in Chicago’s Millennium Park in 2004, is considered to be one of his most brilliant works and has led to many commissions, including Roots (2014) in Tokyo. His Spiegel, which the Toledo Museum of Art purchased for its Welles Sculpture Garden four years ago, is a local favorite.