For her latest series 'Untitled', American artist Eva LeWitt created colourful hanging sculptures, which are currently on show at the VI, VII, Gallery in Oslo.
Delicately hung against satisfyingly white-washed and marble walls, the various semi-transparent panels are made from a mixture of soft materials, including plastic, latex and polyurethane foam. There is plenty at play in her unusual artworks: some of the hanging pieces seem to overlap one another, often mixing two different colours to create a new shade or hue. There's also a focus on shapes – circles playing a dominant part at the tips of each hanging piece, but also in the structure of each panel itself.
Speaking to Artsy about her inspirations, Eva said: "My inspiration always comes from the materials themselves. I have gravitated towards soft, synthetic, colourful materials; plastic bags, sponges, yarn, tape, etc. I struggled for a time using traditional sculptural materials such as plywood, steel, fibreglass.
"But these materials hurt me—literally and figuratively. I prefer to work in complete solitude, and I physically could not manage these materials alone. I could not dominate them or manipulate them the ways I wanted to. That is why I choose soft, tactile, materials. I want to be able to control and transform the materials."
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