Sergio Camargo
Untitled, 1970s
Carrara marble
Dimensions Variable
Plinth: 3 x 16 x 81 cm (1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 31 7/8 in)
Plinth: 3 x 16 x 81 cm (1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 31 7/8 in)
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In the early 1970s Camargo moved away from the wood reliefs and started to produce marble sculptures of varying sizes, orientation and organisation. Th marble used - either Carrara and...
In the early 1970s Camargo moved away from the wood reliefs and started to produce marble sculptures of varying sizes, orientation and organisation. Th marble used - either Carrara and Black Belgian - was sourced from Italy and he later set up a studio in the town of Massa, Tuscany. This shift in his practise collapsed post war minimalism with a classical understanding of geometric sensuality. Camargo approached this series with an Brâncușian sense of the simple sublime. He wanted to explore the possibilities of minimalism and classical balance in order to create sculptures that are eternally and absolutely beautiful.
Starting with solid cylinders, spheres and cubes, Camargo would cut the marble vertically and horizontally before combining and recombining elements in subtle seriality. The five works combining to make Untitled, 1970s beautifully demonstrate the process of progressive reasoning; there is a coherent but unpredictable relationship between each individual sculpture. Talking about this series Camargo said 'mass forms itself, organises itself, designs itself in its own living space...they are only what they can be.'
Starting with solid cylinders, spheres and cubes, Camargo would cut the marble vertically and horizontally before combining and recombining elements in subtle seriality. The five works combining to make Untitled, 1970s beautifully demonstrate the process of progressive reasoning; there is a coherent but unpredictable relationship between each individual sculpture. Talking about this series Camargo said 'mass forms itself, organises itself, designs itself in its own living space...they are only what they can be.'