El Beso, Concrete sculpture in Parque del Amor, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
El Beso is a concrete sculpture in Parque del Amor in Miraflores, Lima, depicting a kissing couple modelled on the sculptor Victor Delfín and his companion Ana María Ortiz. It measures 3 metres high by 12 metres wide and stands in a landscaped public park facing the Pacific Ocean.
El Beso was installed in 1993 as the central piece of Parque del Amor in Miraflores, Lima. The sculpture was made of concrete, not bronze, and measures 3 m high by 12 m wide. Its unveiling caused controversy among neighbours, who found it provocative and, in racist terms, foreign to the district's white tradition because it depicts a mestizo couple. The models were the sculptor himself and his companion Ana María Ortiz.
The sculpture depicts a mestizo couple kissing, modelled on Delfín himself and his companion Ana María Ortiz. After its 1993 inauguration, neighbours called it provocative and out of place in a district they saw as white. Each 14 February, couples gather in the park to kiss beneath the statue.
The sculpture sits in Parque del Amor, a popular public space with nearby restaurants and shops where you can spend time before or after your visit. Access is free and available daily, and you get good views of the Pacific Ocean from here.
The sculpture is made of concrete, not bronze, and measures 3 metres high by 12 metres wide. Its models were Delfín himself and Ana María Ortiz, his companion. When it was unveiled in 1993, some Miraflores residents objected to it as provocative and out of keeping with the neighbourhood.
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