Cage 1931

Alberto Giacometti made this sculpture, Cage, which now resides at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and it's not painting, but you know, it is! What a thing! It’s an interesting take on form and space, on containment and display, as well as what sculpture can be. You can imagine Giacometti building this wooden structure piece by piece. The wood has been cut with a saw and assembled to form a cage-like structure. A collection of abstract shapes are held within, each carved and placed with intention. There's a dialogue happening between the solid forms and the air around them. I wonder what Giacometti was thinking as he put this together. Was it about trapping an idea, framing a feeling, or just playing with shapes? It reminds me of the conversation that artists have with each other, a constant exchange of ideas across time. It inspires my creativity as an artist, and I hope it inspires you, too.