The Fence - Thiago Sancho
Title: The Fence (Brain) 2021
Series: Eve
Material: Iron, copper, plastered gauze, plaster, PVC glue, cold porcelain and resin
Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 12 cm
Artist: Thiago Sancho
This small-scale sculpture is the largest visual abstraction in the Eve series.
Working simultaneously in abstract and naturalistic idioms, Sancho creates a structure of intricate iron pins, plaster and wire connections to represent the human brain. The abstract form of the sculpture doesn't give the viewer a lot of connotations. The knotty complexity of the structure is called The Fence to demonstrate the artist’s idea behind it. In Sancho’s vision, the human brain is the main barrier. It creates self-made barriers in one's life, stricken with fears, the fence limits all the potential and aspirations just with its knotted and intricated structure.