Concret. 40 x 150 x 150 cm

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The Neck at the Foot is a sculptural group that starts from a chance find on a walk: an old damaged cement pipe that was used to lead the water to a reservoir and was confused with the natural elements of its surroundings. The association of this image with the situation experienced in recent months as a result of the pandemic, reactivated the memory of a biased appreciation made by one of the greatest exponents of American expressionist painting, Barnet Newman: “Sculpture is that with what do you stumble upon when you pull back to look at a painting”. On the contrary, for me, sculpture is what you stumble upon (as a finding) when you are in a state of maximum alertness and perception and that activates a series of reflections that go beyond itself. Therefore, the reversal that this episode has meant requires breaking the structures of meaning that until now we took for granted and justifies the change of order in the sentence that gives name and meaning to the piece.