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Lézart V

1989

Steel, copper, iron and magnet

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Lezart V artwork, 1989, by Tunga. Inhotim Contemporary Art Collection.
Tunga, Lézart V, 1989, copper, steel and magnet. Photo: Daniel Mansur
Lezart V artwork, 1989, by Tunga. Inhotim Contemporary Art Collection.
Tunga, Lézart V, 1989. Photo: Daniel Mansur

the installation Lézart V It was first exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (USA) in 1989, and the following year at the Whitechapel Gallery (England). In a short story written by the artist, which served as the starting point for the work, he describes lying in a hammock, in a moment of suspended reflection resting between readings and philosophical thoughts, when he witnesses the fusion of two lizards, which give the work its French name.

Placed together, the iron and wire pieces are not welded, but held together by the attraction of the magnets present in them. A tension is observed between the force of gravity and the magnetic force. Broken into various sizes or rectangular blocks, the magnets bring glass bottles closer together, hold iron pins, serve as fillings for various continents, construct clubs (a type of indigenous weapon), and fix threads that resemble long strands of hair.  

Lezart V artwork, 1989, by Tunga. Inhotim Contemporary Art Collection.
Tunga, Lézart V, 1989. Photo: Daniel Mansur
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