Carlos Páez Vilaró got into the universe of the sculpture freed from links to rythms and proportions. This he did by drawing straight in the space with steel lines, cables, bronze rods, wooden pieces and whatever he could find at hand to make his works. It was not easy for him to jump the traditional laws and texts in order to initiate his job. He remembered of the primitive people’s anxiety to express themselves either in stone, in wood or in metal, and that gave him courage to cut steel sheets, to join wooden pieces and to use whatever material he could find in his path.

Half century ago, Carlos Páez Vilaró penetrated in the universe of the abandoned objects to recreate and update them once again through his art.
All days long he visited the blacksmiths’ and the scrap deposits, choosing the queerest pieces which would then be used to create his fantastic works of art.
Today, the same as yesterday, the artist continues with an unbelievable generating energy, converting everything that reaches his hands into a work of art, developing the same strength of former years.

 

"ARTENAUTA" Year 2000		"PUEBLO" Year 1958