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When we think of art, we normally picture something that can exist for centuries. But there has
always been a type of art which does not last for a long time. This is often referred to as
‘temporary’ art, which has artistic values, but is designed to disappear. Paintings are made of
snow or ice, in coloured sand or on public pavements.
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada is a modern ‘temporary’ artist, and the one who gets a lot of
attention for his work. As a young boy, Jorge, after moving with his family to the States,
seriously took a great interest in drawing. It became for him not just a hobby and he spent all his
free time on painting. Being in the senior classes he knew for sure: this was his vocation.
Now Jorge Rodriguez Gerada is one of the most famous present-day artists. He uses
groups of volunteers to help him and his pieces take a long time to plan and create. But people

admire them a lot because the final results are impressive. For the past few years, Rodriguez-
Gerada has been creating gigantic faces in empty spaces in cities. To people on the ground, it

looks like a garden that is being created, and it is hard to see any kind of design in it. In fact, GPS
mapping is used to start the design. Then a lot of volunteers use this original plan to create the
image which the artist has planned.
In 2014, the artist created an amazing face on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. it
covered about 25, 000 square meters, and it was created because the mall was getting new
gardens, and the land was not going to be used for a while. The portrait was a young man of
mixed race, and was called Of the Many, One. The artist says that it showed one of the millions of
faces that represent the American people. After a while, the sand and soil of the portrait were
mixed together, and new grass was planted in its place. The portrait has disappeared, but it will
not easily be forgotten.
In 2018, he designed “Perpetual flow” in Morocco. It shows running water which flows
between the fingers of two huge hands in a “perpetual flow”. It covers over 37,500 square meters
and is made of stones and vegetable oil. This project symbolises the ability to reuse water.

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Modern art means sth that does not led to the past, sth new, original. Modern artist can give through their art new feelings or visions about the reality where we live.