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The shapes of his new black iron sculptures from the series Spell My Name are reminiscent of free expansive drawings. It is possible that we don’t perceive the floating lines as sculpture. Our eye looks for references to forms, it is difficult to associate the lines with anything. We are called upon to find our own access.
At the same time, the workmanship reveals a strong reference to the figurative bronzes by Alberto Giacometti. Renggli imitates the uneven surface of Giacometti’s bronzes, which have become classics of modern sculpture, by covering his abstract sculptures with weld seams. The …