Moon 1986

Edgar Negret created "Moon", a sculpture with painted metal. I wonder what Negret was thinking when he was making this. Did he have a particular moon in mind? I imagine him carefully layering each disc, choosing colors that evoke the moon's glow and shadow. The warm yellows fading into the rich browns suggests a celestial body in constant transition. It reminds me of the work of Lygia Clark, another Latin American artist who was interested in how objects can activate space. I'm sure Clark and Negret would have had a lot to talk about! Sculptors, like painters, are always in conversation with each other, across time and space. They're constantly exchanging ideas, inspiring one another to see the world in new and exciting ways. And it is the ambiguity, the uncertainty, that makes art so alive.