Leonor Antunes
Lisbon, Portugal, 1972
Ramdom intersection #14, 2017
Leather and hemp rope
Variable dimensions
Acquired 2017

Leonor Antunes’s work conceptually draws upon the heritage of Minimal and Conceptual art. Her sculptural interventions are site specific, normally inserting sculptural elements in the exhibition space, using it both as a venue and as an essential component of her work. She takes her cue from the unique characteristics of each space, which therefore determine the final form of her installations.

Initiated in 2007, Random Intersection is an ongoing series of works made of leather elements, whose design refers directly to horse bridles, and are inspired by collages made by Italian architect Carlo Molino as preparatory work for his plans for the Turin Horse Club, a famous building that was then destroyed. These harnesses of sorts are assembled so as to form a fluid hanging structure, and then augmented and connected to the space with an intricate network of hemp rope, creating a kind of ghostly presence in the space, in contrast with the density of the surrounding architecture