MARCO  FRANCO

Untitled II
Carbon transfer paper on paper, framed, inner frame 21.5 x 15 cm

signed and dated on verso 

2019

It comes as no surprise to acknowledge Franco’s personal history with rhythm and music implementing and releasing multiple sonic and instrumental compositions on various record labels as a jazz drummer and composer.

Pares unpacks an interest in expanding fields of sculpture and drawing with key elements of pairing rhythmic virtuosity with explorations into materiality and form. Franco’s conceptual practice seems an endless pursuit in search of the imperfect rhythm.

When encountering the enigmatic forms by Franco they seem binary by nature. They are perceived as simple and complex. Several encapsulate an immediate sense of fluidity and on the contrary a dense stillness advocating visceral imagery from the subconscious. Sheets of silicone, polyurethane and Lagopan are twisted, bent, overlayed, folded within, reversed and underpinned by metal binding clips. They are elegant and emotive synthetic assemblages suggesting comparability to bodily anatomy, living organisms and natural phenomena.