Toward Lightness: Aurèlia Muñoz at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Aurèlia Muñoz’s Ondulaciones (Undulations) (1974) is one of the Catalan artist’s most monumental creations. The piece is composed of thick nylon hawsers—a hardy, braided rope typically used for mooring boats—intricately arranged in long, knotted rows. Despite the sculpture’s considerable size (660 pounds, 8 feet wide and nearly as tall), its warm off-white color, ribbon-like body, […]