The Flight to Freedom (2012) by John Angée is a monumental stainless steel sculpture measuring 114×40 feet, commissioned by the City of Coral Gables through the prestigious 1% For the Arts program. The work is one of the largest public art installations in South Florida, transforming urban space with its soaring forms that evoke liberation and upward movement. The commission established Angée as a major voice in Miami’s public art landscape.
Estilo: Figurative
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Buho
Búho by Luis Avilés is a bronze sculpture with silver patina depicting the owl — a universal symbol of wisdom and nocturnal vigilance. Avilés’s treatment of the subject balances naturalistic observation with stylized sculptural simplification, creating a piece that is both recognizable and artistically distinctive. The silver patina adds a cool, lunar quality that reinforces the owl’s association with nighttime and mystery.
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Virgen de la Caridad
Virgen de la Caridad by Luis Avilés is a bronze sculpture depicting Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre. This sacred figure holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for the Cuban diaspora, and Avilés’s interpretation brings devotional tradition into dialogue with contemporary sculptural practice. The work represents the sacred art dimension of his versatile portfolio, alongside organic and abstract pieces.
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Porton Peces
Portón Peces by Ramón Vargas is a wrought iron gate featuring fish motifs that merge functional architectural metalwork with artistic expression. The piece demonstrates Vargas’s skill in transforming utilitarian objects — in this case, a gateway — into works of visual art. The fish forms bring marine imagery into an architectural context, creating a threshold that is simultaneously protective barrier and decorative statement.
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Langosta Terraza
Langosta Terraza by Uldis López is a bronze sculpture depicting a lobster — one of the most iconic marine creatures of the Caribbean. López’s treatment elevates this familiar crustacean into a work of sculptural art, capturing the dynamic tension of the lobster’s form with characteristic attention to natural detail. Designed for terrace or outdoor installation, the piece brings marine life into dialogue with architectural space.
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Buen Te
Buen Te by Ramón Vargas is a metal sculpture that merges functional design sensibility with artistic expression. The work demonstrates Vargas’s ability to create three-dimensional forms that engage viewers through both visual impact and conceptual depth. Part of the Run Art Inside collection, Buen Te showcases the Venezuelan artist’s distinctive approach to metalwork within the collective’s primarily sculpture-focused programme.
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Tantra
Tantra by José Enrique Valdescano explores symbolism, the human body, and spirituality through the language of bronze sculpture. Drawing on sacred and mystical traditions, the work invites viewers into a contemplative space where physical form becomes a vehicle for transcendent meaning. Created by a UNEAC member and multiple Grand Prix winner, Tantra represents the culmination of decades of rigorous sculptural practice rooted in the Cuban artistic tradition.
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Analogy of Love
Analogy of Love by Jorge Reyes explores the emotional landscape of human connection through three-dimensional sculptural form. The work translates abstract relational concepts — attraction, tension, union — into physical shapes that viewers can encounter in space. As Reyes’s representative piece in the Run Art Inside catalogue, it speaks to his interest in making the invisible dynamics of human relationships tangible and visible.
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Arlequin
Arlequin by Raúl García is a large-format acrylic work on aluminum measuring 3×6 feet. The title references the Harlequin figure from the commedia dell’arte tradition — a character of transformation, wit, and visual brilliance. García’s treatment brings this theatrical archetype into contemporary visual expression through bold color and large-scale composition on an industrial substrate. The aluminum surface adds reflective depth that canvas cannot achieve.
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Housewife
Housewife by Uldis López is a bronze sculpture that transforms an everyday domestic figure into a compelling artistic statement. López, designated Master Sculptor at Run Art Foundry, brings technical mastery and conceptual depth to a subject that challenges traditional boundaries between the domestic and the monumental. The work reflects his ability to find sculptural significance in quotidian life, rendered with the precision and permanence that bronze demands.