Chaparro focuses in the use of sculpture and painting to explore form in postindustrial time. Chaparro explores form through void, matter and the human body, transforming prefabricated materials into unique objects. With elements commonly used for construction, he creates forms in balance by manipulating and subtracting matter.
Chaparro’s sculptures made with bent steel are the result of his ongoing relationship with the material. The steel sheets used by Chaparro are characteristic of the industrial era. Their slimness, neatness and their reflective quality can only be achieved through machines, and because of that, the sculpture violent nature creates great contrast with the nature of the sheets, as Chaparro kicks, bends, and jumps on them using nothing but his body and his own weight.
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