A1. Cronotopo
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Nanda Vigo, Cronotopo, 1965 - Aluminium, impressed glass - Courtesy of The Mayor Gallery
Nanda Vigo, Cronotopo, 1963 - Aluminium, impressed glass - Courtesy of Gorilla collection
© Valérie Sadoun
In 1959, Nanda Vigo began her artistic work with a series of pieces entitled Cronotopo, linked to her research around the concepts of time and space. At once painting, object and sculpture, the chronotype is like a fragment of space in which a number of glass panels are overlaid inside a metal frame. The way the light interacts with these reflective materials – moulded glass, steel, mirrors – blurs established spatial and temporal boundaries, and transforms our perception of space.
Indeed, with these creations, Vigo wishes to stimulate our senses and our minds with the aim of triggering almost overwhelming physical, emotional and psychological sensations. The work breaks with convention and transports the viewer in a deep inner reflection, full of energy.
The Cronotopo dating from 1963 and 1965 are some of the artist’s earliest works and were fundamental to her subsequent career.
Nanda Vigo, Cronotopo, 1965 - Aluminium, impressed glass - Courtesy of The Mayor Gallery
Nanda Vigo, Cronotopo, 1963 - Aluminium, impressed glass - Courtesy of Gorilla collection
© Valérie Sadoun
Nanda Vigo, Cronotopo, 1963 - Aluminium, impressed glass - Courtesy of Gorilla collection © Valérie Sadoun