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Pluriobjeto [Pluriobject]
Pluriobjeto [Pluriobject]

Pluriobjeto [Pluriobject]

Primary (Uberlândia, Brazil, 1926–São Paulo, Brazil, 1988)
NationalityBrazilian, South America
Date1977–83
MediumChromed iron, oxidized iron and anodized matte aluminum
DimensionsOverall: 78 1/2 × 2 × 5 3/4 in. (199.4 × 5.1 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Judy S. and Charles W. Tate, 2016
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2016.97
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, C7 - Susman Galleries
Label Text
Willys de Castro combined his experience as a concrete artist and designer to create artworks that invite a more active participation of the viewer. Pluriobjeto exists in an in-between space: Its minimal, interlocking shapes made with industrial materials lay flat against the wall. Only after viewers engage in closer examination of the work do they see how the object reaches into the space of the gallery. This hybrid of painting and sculpture challenges the separation between virtual and real space.
Exhibitions