Forms from Life

Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2016

The first time an institution believed in Typoe at this scale, offering an entire art center to respond to with complete creative freedom. Born from questions about division and why people end up so far apart, the work draws on Friedrich Froebel's invention of kindergarten and building blocks. Over one hundred massive sculptural blocks fill the space, each carrying personal symbolism. Staircases reference the twelve steps in recovery. Arches represent doorways to different futures. Ravens speak to the afterlife. Hourglasses mark the preciousness of time. The beginning of a body of work that has continued for over a decade. After the exhibition, the sculptures were donated to schools, hospitals, and public institutions throughout Argentina.