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| images are screenprints from a video by Serflac on YouTube |
In the municipality of Dílar in Andalusia, Spain, there is in the front yard of a residential house a modest art environment named Casa de las Piedras (House of Stones).
The internet has some articles that refer to this creation, but none of these mentions the name of the one who made it, like there is also no information about the date this art environment came about.
However, the website of SPACES Archive has the name of the one who created this art environment and a series of pictures of the site by Jo Farb Hernandez, but these images are not accompanied by a review.
So, relying on the information mentioned in the documentation, here is a brief description of the various components that shape this art environment.
The very first picture above shows that the garden is located in front of a house and is separated from the street by an iron fence. This fence has about twenty stone pillars with a variety of shapes.
In the middle of the gate is the entrance to the garden that opens to a path that leads to the entrance of the house.
As the picture above shows, the entrance of the garden is crowned by a large cordovan hat and a guitar, which could be a reference to specific qualities of the site's creator (guitar player and costume lover?)
To the right of the central path is a large stone structure, consisting of a circular stone mosaic on the ground, on which are four stone chairs with butterfly-shaped armrests around a stone column, which is surmounted by a stone bird with outstretched wings.
Behind this structure, at the left and the right, there are two more creations of birds with outspread wings on top of a plinth.
On the left side of the access path, on an equally circular mosaic base, there is a round, low wall.
The space within this round wall has a number of V-shaped retaining walls, which serve as supports for two columns that support a large round bowl. There are also a number of sculptures of young people who lend a hand in carrying the bowl. As far as can be seen, the bowl is not filled with water.
To complete this short description, below is an image of a porcupine-like character that is part of the decoration at the entrance. The depicted character jumps out of the guitar. On the other side of the entrance, a similar figure emerges from the hat.
Documentation
* Website Nevasport with photos of a bike ride that led past the art environment
* Website Wikiloc with a walk through Dílar, which also leads past the art environment (some photos and a short sketch of the decorations in the garden)
Video
* Video on YouTube by Serflac Andalucia Trip 2022, fragment about the site starts at 12.56
Juan Muñoz Benítez
Casa de las Piedras
Dílar, dept Granada, region Andalucia, Spain
the site can be seen from the street
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