Galeria Raquel Arnaud is honored to present a meticulously curated selection of works by Sergio Camargo, representing his estate and enduring legacy. For nearly five decades, a symbiotic relationship has existed between the artist and the gallery. In recognition of this longstanding partnership, an exhibition of pieces will be featured, illustrating the sculptor’s pivotal transition from wood reliefs of the 1960s to the employment of Carrara marble in the 1970s. “Orèe,” is a seminal piece of his work of worldwide recognition and will be showcased. Furthermore, the relief will be accompanied by a diverse array of black belgium stone and bronze sculptures.

The geometric elements fitting together seamlessly, enhanced by the luster of marble or black belgium stone —we are in the presence of modern classical sculptures. They possess timeless beauty immune to the passing of time. Camargo works through geometric series, beginning with the cylinder or the cube. The machine’s cut is precise and impersonal — the hand-carved gesture has faded into the distance, unable to keep pace with such fluid and abstract reasoning .

Although much can be said about Sergio Camargo’s work, his reliefs and sculptures are imbued with a mysterious silence. The white-painted wood and the pure, crystal-free marble contribute to an atmosphere devoid of any noise. Yet, even as silence reigns over his reliefs and sculptures, it is as if they exude a kind of harmony. The explanations that physics offers about light or matter could never fully encompass our experience of these phenomena, nor the way in which Sergio Camargo harnesses light to reinvent forms and expand the possibilities of matter.