Edoardo Villa South African/Italian, 1915-2011
Untitled (Abie), 1992
Steel
92.5 x 41 x 35.5 cm
Edition of 9 (#6/9)
Signed, dated and numbered
Further images
Abie comes from a group of editioned steel works marketed internationally in 1993, when many South African collectors still associated sculpture editions principally with cast bronze. Fabricated steel operates differently...
Abie comes from a group of editioned steel works marketed internationally in 1993, when many South African collectors still associated sculpture editions principally with cast bronze. Fabricated steel operates differently – each example has to be cut, aligned and welded rather than drawn from a mould. The work therefore sits between repeatable design and individual labour. Its familiar, name-like title is also meaningful. Villa refused to let industrial material become anonymous, giving a numbered construction the status of a social presence rather than a machine part.
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