Miguel Viana
Unstable Balance, 2026
Terracotta
60 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
154 x 40 x 40 cm
154 x 40 x 40 cm
“Unstable Balance” is constructed within the tension between form and gesture, weight and lightness. Its verticality asserts itself as a continuous axis, where each distinct element — in color and...
“Unstable Balance” is constructed within the tension between form and gesture, weight and lightness. Its verticality asserts itself as a continuous axis, where each distinct element — in color and texture — suggests fragments of an accumulated memory.
The work evokes the idea of a body in flux — not fixed, but in constant construction. Like a living system, it sustains itself through a delicate balance of opposing forces, where the risk of collapse becomes a condition of existence.
Between the ancestral and the contemporary, this totem emerges as a silent presence: a territory where matter, time, and identity overlap, never fully settling into a single form.
The work evokes the idea of a body in flux — not fixed, but in constant construction. Like a living system, it sustains itself through a delicate balance of opposing forces, where the risk of collapse becomes a condition of existence.
Between the ancestral and the contemporary, this totem emerges as a silent presence: a territory where matter, time, and identity overlap, never fully settling into a single form.
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