26/11/20 - Sueño Sólido is the name of the solo exhibition by Argentine artist Nicanor Aráoz (1981),  which is currently taking place at El Moderno in Buenos Aires. Of all the pieces on display, we will focus on the giant flower made of 38 real-scale human figures. It's a metal structure which capriciously occupies half of the gallery space.

Ultramundo toxígeno, by Nicanor Araoz (2020)

Material: polyurethane, pigments and neon / Measures: 400 x 450 x 690 cm (detail)

Ultramundo toxígeno, by Nicanor Araoz (2020)

Material: polyurethane, pigments and neon / Measures: 400 x 450 x 690 cm (detail)

With this sculpture Araóz pretends to show bodies melting and becoming humanoids through a process we can't quite understand, maybe as result of uncontrollable violence or a certain metamorphosis.  

Ultramundo toxígeno, by Nicanor Araoz (2020)

Material: polyurethane, pigments and neon / Measures: 400 x 450 x 690 cm (detail)

The materiality of this site-specific installation is very interesting: the expanded polyurethane blends with the metal and the neon chains. It's a mixture that can be found in comics and videogames and which spreads in this human blooming, as the curator of the exhibition decided to call it.