They seem very fragile, her sculptures, even though they are mostly made from steal and lead, connected and intertwined together.
The drawings dont appeal to me so much but some pieces I find simply beautiful like this one.
Originating from a Rectangle II, 1958
The pieces made in the sixties I find the most endearing, the way she draws lines with metal remind me of Frank Plants work.
"The vulnerability Gego introduced into her work in the late sixties enabled her to convert transparency into the driving force of sculpture. This paradox of the transparent structure – which places her above the art conventions of her time – is clearly reflected in the “Dibujos sin papel” (Drawings without Paper), which bring the exhibition to an end. Usually made from waste materials she found lying around her workshop, these “Dibujos sin papel” float on the wall and compose shapes that are once again either random or geometrically organised. The variety of their sizes and formal combinations bears witness to the dedication which, towards the end of her life, Gego continued conceding to assemblage, poor materials and formal experimentation."
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