Untitled 2015

Rodrigo Franzao made this sculpture - with its deep plum fabric, copper wire and stand. It’s a beautiful example of how artmaking can be a process of bringing together disparate elements, a kind of material thinking. I love the tension between the soft, draped fabric and the hard, linear quality of the copper wire. The way the wire seems to both support and unravel the fabric creates a dynamic sense of movement. Notice the area where the fabric is gathered, like a wound, with the copper wire sprouting from it like veins. This particular gesture is both visceral and delicate, suggesting themes of fragility, healing, and the body. It reminds me a bit of Eva Hesse's sculptures, where she also explored the tension between organic and geometric forms. Like Hesse, Franzao embraces ambiguity, allowing the work to resonate with multiple interpretations rather than offering a fixed meaning.