Between balance and rupture

September 2021

Cristina Massena

The interval that is established between one idea and another is an opening to a possibility. In this interval, apparently contradictory relationships are established, but in the confrontation of extremes the dialogues are amplified. To be in between is to be in the middle, the place where questions are asked. Deconstructing to build. This changes the way of perceiving the world. In this exhibition, two sculptures – setback and counterweight – dialogue with each other and with another twenty-four drawings on paper that rehearse a possible territory through hierarchies, forces, masses, fragments using repetition and a graphic system. The resistance and rigor associated with the metal construction are part of the way the works were conceived and designed. The formal vocabulary is challenged by the natural characteristics inherent to the materials used, such as corrosion, reflection and others. They bring to each passage a poetics that cannot be put into words.