Biomorphic sculpture 2019/2020
I used this project, in part as a response to the pandemic, to portray, not only what I was seeing in other people, but also how I felt about what was happening around me.
I also used it to experiment with different ways of making and with different materials. In this sense, the lockdown was positive towards my practice, as it forced me to start working in a way and with a set of materials that I had never done before. Working in series, for example, allowed me to develop my ideas in more depth. I also started employing materials like consumer goods and cable ties, that I would buy from pharmacies and my local hardware store, which remained open all the time.
I also used it to experiment with different ways of making and with different materials. In this sense, the lockdown was positive towards my practice, as it forced me to start working in a way and with a set of materials that I had never done before. Working in series, for example, allowed me to develop my ideas in more depth. I also started employing materials like consumer goods and cable ties, that I would buy from pharmacies and my local hardware store, which remained open all the time.
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2 Monsters. 2020. Plaster and galvanised wire. Large figure 36 x 30 x 25 cm Small figure 16 x 14 x 16
I sometimes used these goods to reference humans and the human body, even if The figures that I was producing didn’t look human. I thought that I would be able to confer my sculptures with a stronger sense of an attitude by giving them animalistic features, while employing as parts of their bodies, objects that people are used to find in local stores on a daily basis. I think that these pieces are visually interesting and also made of durable materials, but I am not sure how successful they are at referencing the human body. I will continue to work on these series, however, as I think that the relationships stablished between them have a lot of potential.
Joan Giroux, very kindly offered me to use a part of her studio so that I could work on larger pieces. Here I started experimenting with working on a human scale. I did this in series too, producing three structures, each one of them is formed of 2 or 3 bodies that look human. I think that this allows for the audience to directly relate to the pieces, as objects in which they find themselves referenced and with which they share the exhibition space.
Joan Giroux, very kindly offered me to use a part of her studio so that I could work on larger pieces. Here I started experimenting with working on a human scale. I did this in series too, producing three structures, each one of them is formed of 2 or 3 bodies that look human. I think that this allows for the audience to directly relate to the pieces, as objects in which they find themselves referenced and with which they share the exhibition space.
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Structures for metallic sculptures. Galvanised wire mesh and plastic cable ties. Various dimensions.
