Untitled
A vertical volume in painted aluminum that opens into red, orange and yellow planes around a central void. Installed in a garden on Margarita Island, at night the raking light ignites its folds and the piece reads as a geometric flame.
International sculptorSince1955
William Barbosa
Metal / Color / Geometry
Sheets of iron, stainless steel and aluminum bent into geometric folds and welded until the form is reached. Polychrome sculptures in the abstract-geometric, Madí and kinetic tradition, held in private collections, museums and urban spaces.
About the artist
Thevisualdynamicgeneratedbytheinterplayingfacetsisnotagitated,syncopatedorabrupt.Rather,itflowssoftlywithoutjolting,acceleratingorstopping.
— Perán Erminy, art critic
Born in Ocaña, Colombia, in 1955. A self-taught artist, he came to metal sculpture through his work in the metallurgical industry. In 1975 he moved to Caracas, Venezuela, where he became a naturalized citizen and developed most of his artistic career.
His work spans autonomous sculptures, pieces integrated into architecture —reliefs, gates and sculptural railings— and monumental works for urban spaces. He has exhibited in Caracas, Miami, Paris, Geneva, Dallas and Seoul, among other cities.
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Three lines, one vision
His work takes shape in three main lines of creation, where sculpture, architecture and space meet to transform places.
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Sculpture without borders
His works are part of private collections in ten countries and of museums across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Explore the map to find where they are.
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