Abstract Metal Sculpture in a Paris Museum Gallery

5 October 2017 · Paris

Two dark blade-like forms rise from a single plinth at the centre of a Paris museum gallery, their tensioned wire strings catching the overhead light. The oval bronze mass and the tall flat fin pull in opposite directions — one weighted and dense, the other sharp and open — held together by the thin lines strung between them. Abstract paintings line the white walls on either side, giving the sculpture a context that is both crowded and clarifying: the room frames it, and the sculpture organises the room.