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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: León Ferrari, Sem título [Untitled], 1984 Photo: Edouard Fraipont

León Ferrari Argentina, 1920-2013

Sem título [Untitled], 1984
Aço inoxidável [Stainless steel]
75 x 36.5 x 36.5 cm [29 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.]
LF-0203
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EN Trained as an engineer, León Ferrari developed during the 1960s a sculptural repertoire based on metal wires, through which he explored spatial relationships by means of linear and rectilinear...
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Trained as an engineer, León Ferrari developed during the 1960s a sculptural repertoire based on metal wires, through which he explored spatial relationships by means of linear and rectilinear structures. These constructions became progressively denser and more intricate, as exemplified by Torre de Babel (1964), and revealed a critical dimension directed toward political, military, and religious authority.

Upon his arrival in Brazil in 1976, exiled by the Argentine military dictatorship, Ferrari was already recognized as a central figure in the Buenos Aires avant-gardes of the 1960s and 1970s. During his years in São Paulo, between 1976 and 1991, he revisited these formal investigations, producing vertical, reticulated sculptures in stainless steel. In these works, the grids and metallic intersections create compositions that alternate between condensation and transparency, evoking tension and instability. As the viewer’s gaze moves across the sculptures, the steel lines acquire a vibratory quality—filigreed structures that rise vertically and suggest movement—transforming space into a field of material and perceptual resonance.


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Engenheiro de formação, León Ferrari desenvolveu, nos anos 1960, um repertório escultórico baseado em fios metálicos, explorando o espaço por meio de estruturas lineares e retilíneas. Essas construções tornaram-se progressivamente mais densas e complexas, como em Torre de Babel (1964), revelando uma dimensão crítica voltada aos poderes político, militar e religioso

Quando chegou ao Brasil em 1976, exilado pela ditadura militar argentina, Ferrari já era uma figura central das vanguardas de Buenos Aires das décadas de 1960 e 1970. Durante o período em São Paulo, entre 1976 e 1991, ele retomou essas investigações formais, criando esculturas verticais e reticuladas de aço inoxidável. Nelas, as grades e intersecções metálicas formam composições que alternam condensação e transparência, evocando tensão e instabilidade. À medida que o olhar vaga por essas esculturas, as linhas de aço ganham um aspecto vibrátil, como filigranas que se verticalizam sugerindo movimento, transformando o espaço em campo de ressonância material e perceptiva.


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