DRAWINGS
Neto, Ernesto
Brazil (1964 - )
A Força do Canto
1999
Ink and silver marker on paper
25 7/8 x 19 in. (65.7 x 48.2 cm) image and sheet size
Purchased with funds from William and Ruth True
FA 2003.1

Neto is best known for his large-scale, biomorphic sculptures of stretched lycra, tulle, and nylon like Flying Gloup Nave (1999), which was exhibited at the Henry in 2001. Many of these sculptures fill galleries with translucent membranes that suggest both passage and containment. This drawing similarly plays with penetration and permeability as the distinct white zones breach the heavy ink wash ooze. The title lends a poetic charge to what can be seen as a primordial field. -- Label copy for 150 Works of Art, October 1, 2005 to February 26, 2006.