Cloud Prototype No. 2 2006

Inigo Manglano-Ovalle gave form to this reflective cloud. I love how it looms over the space, and bends and stretches like a cartoon version of something real. You can feel the artist searching for the right way to build it, to make it both substantial and light. I wonder if Manglano-Ovalle considered what it would feel like to walk beneath. He probably did. The piece becomes a kind of shelter, the metallic surface reflects you, the viewer, and invites you to consider how these ideas of shelter can become the subject of art itself. I’m reminded of other sculptors who have taken on the challenge of turning air into something you can touch, like Anish Kapoor. These artists create places for feeling and thinking. It's like they're saying, "Hey, let's talk about how we experience the world and transform it."