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Tomás Saraceno
Hybrid semi-social solitary solitary Instrument HD 74874 built by: a triplet of Cyrtophora citricola - four weeks, a solo Nephila senegalensis - 4 weeks and a solo Agelena labyrinthica - one week, 2019

Photo: Courtesy the artist | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles

Tomás Saraceno

Collection

Spidersilk, carbon fibre, glass, metal
39.6 x 55 x 40.1 cm

Tomás Saraceno’s multidisciplinary artistic practice takes inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from architecture and space exploration to science fiction and geometries found in the biological sciences. Among these subjects, Saraceno has long included arachnology as a tool for the investigation of alternative constructions. For Saraceno, spider webs spark inquiry into possible modes to redefine relationships between humans and nature, proposing utopian conditions for sustainable societies. Formed of complex interwoven geometries suspended in air, each piece appears as a unique galaxy floating within an expansive, infinite landscape. The works’ titles reveal the technical basis for each sculptural element, like the genus and species of the spider collaborators and the amount of time needed to construct their webs. During the building period of each sculpture, each cube is turned onto its various sides, dislodging gravity and interweaving concepts of freedom and control within the work.

CURRENT LOANS

Group exhibition: Brain(s)
Venue: Traveling exhibition
Second venue: Espacio Fundación Telefónica
December 21, 2022 - July 2, 2023
Curators: Ricard Solé and Emily Sargent

PAST LOANS

Group exhibition: Brain(s)
Venue: Traveling exhibition
First venue CCCB Barcelona
July 22, 2022 - December 11, 2022
Curators: Ricard Solé and Emily Sargent

Tomás Saraceno (San Miguel de Tucumán, 1973) is an Argentinian contemporary artist. He is best known for his large-scale, interactive installations and floating sculptures, and for his interdisciplinary approach to art. His work explores new, sustainable ways of sensing and inhabiting the environment, the result of research into the origins of the observable universe, arachnology and the potential future for airborne dwelling.
Saraceno launched the Aerocene in 2015; an open-source, community project for artistic and scientific exploration of environmental issues. Saraceno is the first person to have scanned, reconstructed and re-imagined spiders' woven spatial habitats, and possesses the only three-dimensional spider web collection in existence.

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Artist's website:

https://studiotomassaraceno.org