Susan Wiergo - APLOMO

Brutalist Sculpture APLOMO - Anthracite Gray Bust 61x20x18 cm
Code: SS-2026-APL-001
Dimensions: Height 61 x Width 20 x Depth 18 cm
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A serene face emerges from a dark, rough, deeply tactile material. The head, with its soft, almost closed forms, rests on an elongated neck that extends the figure down to the torso, creating a quiet, vertical silhouette.
The features, barely defined, seem turned inward. The lowered gaze and restrained expression convey introspection, as if the figure were listening to something happening within. The irregular texture preserves the imprint of the hands and gives the surface an organic, imperfect, living presence.
The sculpture conveys calm to me, but also a certain melancholy: the feeling of someone pausing, withdrawing, and remaining alone with themselves. It does not seem to want to say anything; rather, it invites us to keep silent and look a little more slowly.
Made by hand-modeling, the work explores the relationship between material, gesture, and emotion, and finds its strength in the simplicity of its form and in what it leaves unexplained.