Suspended in Space

rosenfeld porcini is proud to present Italian sculptor Roberto Almagno’s exhibition ‘Suspended in Space’. This follows his first inaugural UK solo show ‘The Perfection of Form’ (2012) and his participation to the gallery’s fourth themed group exhibition ‘WOOD’ (2014), which gathered four artists who all sculpt with wood, yet use the medium in diverse ways, both technically and from a narrative point of view. The gallery will feature new sculptures and works from earlier periods in Almagno’s career.

Although almost exclusively working with wood, Roberto Almagno’s sculptures have acquired a new freedom and plasticity. The sense of order and classicism present in Almagno’s earlier production has now been in part replaced by an exploration of forms, which owe more to drawing or calligraphy, rather than the timeless grace of his previous works. It is rare to find an artist who on the one hand, can achieve a Brancusian purity of form and on the other is capable of the freedom one associates with the Baroque. In the new works, the wood contorts and bends as if it was string, defying our idea of the material’s innate possibilities.  However, the overriding obsession of the artist is a concern with balance and precariousness. Using only the slightest of fixed point to keep the sculptures rooted Almagno pursues his dreams of creating sculptures, which are suspended in space.