Modular Composition - SemiSpheroid - , 1971-72

maiolica with
h cm 128 ca.

- Driven by the modular research of the early 1970s, Nedda Guidi revives some of the forms she had already experimented with between 1965 and 1968, playing precisely on their potential modularity. The spherodie element—a sphere missing a sector—is one of the elements with which Guidi created several works/installations in 1966, made up of a combination of different shapes, groups of three or four, sometimes five different elements arranged in space (a spheroid, a lenticular, and a cylindrical element). Around 1971, during the "Colonne bianche" or "Omaggi al Torniante" period, she rediscovered the hemispheroid element, with which she created approximately six different works, arranged in columns or scattered on the floor. In this case, the infinite modularity (see residues) characterizes Guidi's work as a true installation, invading the space with the infinite repetition of the element. the simple but unique variation of enamel or exposed terracotta helps, together with the natural shadows of the form, to create living and vibrant surfaces. The space is sometimes livable, sometimes "Impracticable" (the title of a historic work from the same period). The space is invaded by the form, the entire space is a single sculpture.

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