Angel Lara
Sin título
- Technique
- Braided Wire
- Dimensions
- 80 × 20 × 19 cm
- Status
- Available
- Palette
- steel grey, lead grey, silver, anthracite, smoke white
- Brushwork
- Metallic wire filaments folded, bent, and manually woven to define a hollow volume, crowned by a cast and polished face.
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
A sinuous S-curve supports the entire structure, elevating a body that dispenses with compact mass to articulate itself solely through void and line. Folded and knotted into a dense mesh of continuous loops, the metallic wire operates as a three-dimensional drawing suspended in space. There is no opaque skin on the torso or limbs; volume is perceived strictly through the concentration of filaments, allowing the surrounding light and environment to pass freely through the figure. This internal transparency generates a constant interplay of cast shadows within itself, blurring the conventional contours of anatomy and infusing it with an uninterrupted visual vibration.
At the upper apex, crowning a twist reminiscent of the ascending impulse of a dance, emerges a compact, polished face that contrasts sharply with the porous nature of the rest. This small metallic mask, characterized by synthetic features and an introspective expression, serves as an essential visual and psychological anchor. Its solid surface catches and holds direct highlights, offering classical firmness against the tangled, vegetative flow of the body. While the torso and legs seem to dissolve into the air, the head preserves a hermetic silence, an almost totemic focal point that endows the construction with an inner life.
The primary tension resides in the dialogue between fragility and strength. The wire weave simultaneously evokes an exoskeleton, an exposed circulatory system, or the remnants of a chrysalis that still retains the memory of human form. Despite its slender scale, its eighty-centimeter height projects a monumental presence rooted in lightness: the metal sheds its industrial weight to become almost textile, conquering the surrounding space not by displacing matter, but by enlisting the void as a vital component of its anatomy.
More works by Angel Lara
15 works
Available works
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- Perla NegraInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2017
- Turmalina AzulInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2016
- AhumadaInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2016
- GlaciarInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2016
- Luz de LunaInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2014
- PoásInquire about availabilityAngel Lara · 2017
Sold and historical
- Cascada AzulSoldAngel Lara · 2011
- HieloSoldAngel Lara · 2016
- Sol del AmanecerSoldAngel Lara · 2013
- Mar ProfundoSoldAngel Lara · 2016
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