"Clay is my preferred material. It does not impose any beauty of expression a priori. It yields to my quests more than stone does."
— Alicia Penalba [1]
Drawing from the vibrant life encapsulated within the natural landscapes from her youth in Patagonia, various Argentine provinces, and Chile; Alicia Penalba (b. 1913, San Pedro, Argentina - d. 1982, Paris, France). Her initial encounters with European Gothic Cathedrals during this period left a profound mark on her oeuvre.
Penalba's innovative sculptures, characterized by lyric abstraction, spatialism, primitivism, and organic forms and infused with the emotional depth of her personal experiences and encounters in Paris, continue to transcend conventional boundaries today.