NYAB Event - David Rodríguez Caballero "Recent Work"

David Rodríguez Caballero "Recent Work"

Marlborough Chelsea

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The exhibition will feature Rodríguez Caballero’s characteristic aluminum and brass sculptures that hang on the wall, ranging in size from intimate pieces to a polyptych nearly 10 feet long.

Rodríguez Caballero creates his sculptures through a process of folding and bending the metal to form organic, geometric shapes that protrude gracefully from the wall on which they are hanging. The elegant curves he forms belie the hard, cold nature of the materials with which he is working, and the pieces appear weightless despite their heft. A full understanding of the sculpture cannot be attained from one angle alone; with every different viewpoint the edges, curves, and planes of the work shift to create a completely singular visual experience.

In many of his sculptures Rodríguez Caballero enhances the delicate folds and curves of the metal by applying fields of colorful enamel and by systematically sanding the aluminum or brass surfaces. This process of erosion removes the reflective and shiny nature of the metal and bestows the surface with a nuanced texture that changes with the light. In the catalog for Rodríguez Caballero’s current exhibition at the Museo Würth in La Rioja, Spain, the art historian Kosme de Barañano wrote, “There is no embodiment of narrative…nor any projection of emotions or a relating of beliefs; rather these pieces absorb light and return it to us like the recordings of wrist movements, like the shards of an absolute art that requires us to evince patience and concentration.”