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Pablo Reinoso on Double Spaghetti, carved wood and steel, 2006.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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Banc Marie, sculpted wood and steel, 2015.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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We Watch You Too, painted steel, 2016. Comissioned as part of the Riverwalk Art Program, London, UK.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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Nouages, 2013, Quai Joseph Gillet in Lyon.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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Reinoso’s bench at the Fourvière Hôtel, 2015.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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L’Observatoire du ciel at Bordeaux’s Agora biennale, 2017.
Photo by Rodrigo Reinoso.
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Simple Talk from Reinoso’s Conversations installation at FIAC, 2017.
Photo by Adrien Millot.
Pablo Reinoso’s Spaghetti Bench Series
Art unravelled.
In 2006, Pablo Reinoso put a twist on the standard wooden park bench with the first in his Spaghetti Bench series. The Argentina-born, France-based sculptor unravelled the utilitarian design by stretching the wooden slats away from their architectural duty in pursuit of liberated growth.
Reinoso has since experimented with steel, its durability allowing for an outdoor setting for public interaction, as seen this past October at FIAC, Paris’ international contemporary art fair, where two benches sat opposite the Grand Palais. In September, Bordeaux’s Agora biennale placed his L’Observatoire du ciel atop a reflective pool, immersing those seated in a topsy-turvy landscape, the sculptures’ loose tendrils unfolding in the mist.
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