When we think about sculptures, we tend to imagine pieces made with hard materials – maybe marble, stone or wood. But it is possible to sculpt with fabrics and foam as well.
Turin-based Sara Enrico uses for example the vocabulary of art and the glossary of tailoring to create her pieces: her sculpture "RGB (Skin)", recently bought by Termoli-based MACTE is made with foam covered with a printed polyester textile.
Yet, when you look at the abstract sculpture from a distance you get the illusion it may be made with some kind of hard plastic-based material or maybe with varnished or lacquered metal.
Enrico has been working on new ways to manipulate fabrics and has a penchant for exploring surfaces and the relationships between body, garments and space, using a variety of materials, including canvas, pigments, cement, concrete, technical fabrics and industrial and digital processes.
The more you look at "RGB (skin)" (that will be officially unveiled at MACTE later on this week), the more you know that, at some point, some fashion designer out there will do a collaboration with this artist, maybe integrating her pieces into body-morphing designs, creating in this way soft, wearable sculptures.
Image credits for this post
"RGB Skin" (2021), Sara Enrico, photographs by Cristina Leoncini
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