Strauss & co - 15 February 2020, Cape Town

80 THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR LOTS 53–74 64  MARCO CIANFANELLI SOUTH AFRICAN 1970– Spheres - Future, Past and Present, I-VII; seven fibreglass sand pigment and mild steel five measuring approximately 42 by 75cm; one measuring 45 by 38cm; one measuring 50 by 45cm (7) R350 000 – 500 000 EXHIBITED Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Marco Cianfanelli: Absent Fields , 1 to 24 October 2009. Marrying the application of data to more expressive gestural acts, Marco Cianfanelli aims to set up a tension or dialogue between the controlled, accuracies of the digital realm and the uncontrollable realities of being human. The silhouettes of human figures appear repeatedly in relation to other shapes or forms pointing to unexpected connections between social forces. Spheres - Future, Past and Present, I-VII , in particular, refer simultaneously to microscopic, visceral and celestial forms. Our desire to grasp our own humanity is precariously formed from an engagement between our sense of individuality and our location within a greater species, on a singular planetary body. 1