Friday, January 3, 2014

Waltercio Caldas @ Christopher Grimes



Rumor, 2013
stainless steel and wool yarn
87 1/4 x 140 x 106 inches


Rumor (detail)


Too Soon, 2013
stainless steel, enamel, and acrylic
62 3/4 x 39 x 43




Step by Step, 2013
stainless steel and enamel
The work consists of four components in two units, each
17 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 5 3/8






Untitled, 2013
acrylic paint, ink, and painted stainless steel on paper
45 1/2 x 34 1/8 x 3 inches

Untitled, 2013
acrylic paint, ink, pastel and assemblage on paper
34 1/8 x 45 1/2 x 3


Untitled, 2013
acrylic paint, ink, plastic and painted stainless steel
45 1/2 x 34 1/8


Untitled, 2013
ink, wood and painted stainless steel on paper
34 1/8 x 45 1/2 x 3 inches


Untitled, 2013
ink, pastel, plastic and collage on paper
45 1/2 x 34 1/8 x 3 inches

Much like Caldas' last show (see an earlier post from 2010), I enjoyed looking, the simplicity, the elegance and the proposals.  Just like before, things lying between spatial dimension seems of great import and apparently more complicated than one might first think; note that "Step by Step" was to be thought about as a whole in four parts. I suppose, as stated, it's not quite a diptych but something like that.  Whatever the case, I missed the nuance.  

Further, as with all of my rants about reflected surfaces hindering a a potentially uninterrupted view, the works that one might be tempted to call flat works (2D) are actually listed with a dimension of 3."  I'm assuming this accounts for the relief objects within the frame and not the frame itself (Note: I cropped the frames out to focus on the mounted materials).  So many questions seemingly outside of the work, but yet somehow I feel like they are the pertinent ones here, especially as the work suggests so much ambiguous spatial condition, albeit open-ended literally within the work AND the body of work presented here.

My two boys enjoyed looking at it with me.  Their observed fragments are listed here in quotes: "Thin. Lines. Round. Bottles. Objects. Security Lasers Guarding a Very Ancient Toilet. Bars/Jail. 3D plans. "

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