Manrique (1919 – 1992) lived most of his life in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. He was a designer, artist, painter, sculptor and architect… His work can be seen all over the islands and especially on the roundabouts along the main roads.
Many of these pieces are mobile sculptures, what he called »Juguetes del Viento« (engl. wind toys). He wanted to replace Lanzarote’s lost heritage, the windmill, with modern references to those “halcyon” days, but died before he could implement his vision. Later, the town council used his sketches to create and erect these heavy metal structures and realized his vision.