Artist to create massive Obama portrait near Barcelona beach

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Source: CNN

From Al Goodman
CNN Madrid Bureau Chief

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Barack Obama sometimes gets ribbed for his outsized ideas, like the massive stage built in Denver, Colorado, to accept the Democratic presidential nomination. But an artist in Barcelona, Spain, may be about to outdo the candidate himself.

The artist plans to create a gigantic face of Obama sculpted from gravel and sand, which will cover nearly 2.5 acres (1 hectare) of Barcelona beachfront before the U.S. elections.

"The size of the piece is intrinsic to its value," the artist, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, said Saturday.

He hopes it will be big enough to be seen on Google Earth.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/25/barcelona.obama.art/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker

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Edit: It's scheduled to be completed by November 3.