Time’s Folds
November 27, 2022 – April 1, 2023
Spanning three decades of Pablo Atchugarry’s career, Piero Atchugarry Gallery is pleased to present Time’s Fold’s curated by David Anfam. The survey includes some twenty hypnotic sculptures. All Atchugarry’s prime materials are here. From pristine white Carrara and warm Portuguese pink marbles to bronze and wood. The expansive display also serves, in a sense, as a concise retrospective – a window onto Atchugarry’s core themes. While his dexterity is rooted in matter, the imaginative scope at stake reaches much further. The translucent, crystalline marble at once captures luminosity and radiates it back from within. Likewise, cherry wood sculptures introduce an organic note, suggesting growth rising from below. Throughout, vertical contours and curves multiply toward infinity – not least when rendered in bronze coated with strong, glossy colors that intensify reflections, linear shadows and vivid highlights. The sculptural fold itself is a gesture rooted in duration, chiefly abstract though laden with figurative hints. Above all, these factors address a fundamental goal. Universality. Atchugarry alternates between his native Uruguay and a studio near Italy’s Lake Como. Nevertheless, his ultimate aim is universal: “I think that every one of us was born with a vision, and our goal is to share it with mankind.”