The pics show a giant, pale face of a young girl seemingly peering out from the murky water of Bilbao's River Nervion.
The lifelike face of a young girl drowning in the tide has been unsettling people in Bilbao since it suddenly popped up unannounced last week.
With "large and inert eyes, brown hair, damp from the cold water of the estuary and a white complexion that seems to pale, the work emerges to stir whoever looks at it," reports Horas.
Mexican hyperrealist artist Ruben Orozco created the spooky figure, entitled 'Bihar' which means 'tomorrow' in Basque.
But locals had no idea until it was spotted bobbing up and down near the Zubi Zuri bridge.
The sculpture was moved at dawn with a tugboat that took it from the Port of Bilbao.
Onlooker Triana Gil said: "At first it gave me a feeling of stress, when more of the face was out of the water, but now to me she communicates sadness, a lot of sadness.
"She doesn't even look worried, it's as if she is letting herself drown."
Orozko completed the giant head for a campaign by the BBK Foundation - the charitable arm of Spanish lender Kutxabank - to encourage debate around sustainability.
The goal is for people to be aware that "their actions can sink us or keep us afloat", the artist told Spanish news website Nius.
As the tides rise and fall, the 120kg (264lb) fibreglass figure is submerged and uncovered each day.
It's not the first Orozco work to surprise and shock Bilbao.
Two years ago his life-size statue of a lone woman sitting on a park bench, 'Invisible Soledad,' sparked a debate about the isolated lives of the elderly.
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Source: The Sun, Yahoo, Reuters
The lifelike face of a young girl drowning in the tide has been unsettling people in Bilbao since it suddenly popped up unannounced last week.
With "large and inert eyes, brown hair, damp from the cold water of the estuary and a white complexion that seems to pale, the work emerges to stir whoever looks at it," reports Horas.
Mexican hyperrealist artist Ruben Orozco created the spooky figure, entitled 'Bihar' which means 'tomorrow' in Basque.
But locals had no idea until it was spotted bobbing up and down near the Zubi Zuri bridge.
The sculpture was moved at dawn with a tugboat that took it from the Port of Bilbao.
Onlooker Triana Gil said: "At first it gave me a feeling of stress, when more of the face was out of the water, but now to me she communicates sadness, a lot of sadness.
"She doesn't even look worried, it's as if she is letting herself drown."
Orozko completed the giant head for a campaign by the BBK Foundation - the charitable arm of Spanish lender Kutxabank - to encourage debate around sustainability.
The goal is for people to be aware that "their actions can sink us or keep us afloat", the artist told Spanish news website Nius.
As the tides rise and fall, the 120kg (264lb) fibreglass figure is submerged and uncovered each day.
It's not the first Orozco work to surprise and shock Bilbao.
Two years ago his life-size statue of a lone woman sitting on a park bench, 'Invisible Soledad,' sparked a debate about the isolated lives of the elderly.
Music: The Truth - Anno Domini Beats
Source: The Sun, Yahoo, Reuters
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