Blanton Museum of Art - Pluriobjeto [Pluriobject]

Pluriobjeto [Pluriobject]

1977–83
20th century
199.4 x 5.1 x 14.6 cm (78 1/2 x 2 x 5 3/4 in.)

Willys de Castro (Uberlândia, Brazil, 1926 - 1988, São Paulo, Brazil) Primary

Object Type: sculpture

Artist Nationality: Latin America, Brazilian

Medium and Support: Chromed iron, oxidized iron and anodized matte aluminum

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Judy S. and Charles W. Tate, 2016

Accession Number: 2016.97

Object Description: Willys de Castro combined his experience as a concrete artist and designer to create artworks that invite a more active participation of the viewer. "Pluriobjeto" exists in an in-between space: Its minimal, interlocking shapes made with industrial materials lay flat against the wall. Only after viewers engage in closer examination of the work do they see how the object reaches into the space of the gallery. This hybrid of painting and sculpture challenges the separation between virtual and real space.

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Now on View - Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art

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