Yellow Tulips Enhance Rafael Barrios Sculptures on Park Avenue

Venezuelan artist Rafael Barrios' sculptures on the malls of Park Avenue now have some attention-grabbing company. The yellow tulips peeked a little early enhancing the beauty of the nine monumental sculptures. The yellow tulips are a Darwin hybrid and came from a nursery on Long Island. Barrios' sculptures appear to be three-dimensional at a distance, but are actually extremely thin, two-dimensional pieces of coated metal. As Barrios described, the sculptures are about “dislocating our perception in such a way that our mind’s eye will insist that you are seeing something that you are not.”

Rafael Barrios Sculptures on Park Avenue

Obtusa, 2011

Triphasique, 2011

Triphasique, 2011

Acrobatica, 2011

Centrifuga, 2011

Flight, 2011

Malabarismo Lineal, 2011

Trifascica, 2011

Last Sunday, the sculptures of Venezuelan artist Rafael Barrios were unveiled on Park Avenue. Most of the pieces are being exhibited for the first time.  His works, mostly made of steel and acrylic lacquer  alter the viewers' perception and state of mind. At a distance, the sculptures appear to be voluminous, but as you approach them, they are actually thin. As Barrios states, the sculptures are about “dislocating our perception in such a way that our mind’s eye will insist that you are seeing something that you are not.” The sculptures will be on view until June 30, 2012.