Corten steel and glass
3 x 1.5 x 1 m
Inside a glass structure, an enormous hammer seems both to point toward the horizon and to threaten to break through the space that contains it. The tension between strength and fragility, containment and rupture, runs through the sculpture, while the reference to light evokes the mechanisms through which we perceive and interpret the world. As in much of Cemin's work, form, matter, and language are in constant dialogue.
Saint Clair Cemin
Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1951
Lives and works in Woodbury, Connecticut, USA, and Chalkida, Greece
At Usina de Arte: Pai (2021); Fotini (2013)
Internationally recognised for his sculpture, the artist was born in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, and divides his time between the United States and Greece. His work moves freely across materials, historical references and cultural traditions, combining conceptual rigour, poetic imagination and craftsmanship.
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