Bust Sculpture

Sergio Ruffato’s Metal Drawing series is a transcription of gestural sketches into metal sculptures. Through the study of dancers and figures in motion the artist has developed his own language of movement at first by sketching on paper and then in the manipulation of metal. The idea of using steel as a drawing line came from the understanding of metal forging techniques, which enable the sculptor to work with a malleable material when the steel is red hot and end up with a sturdy and free standing structure as it cools down. This process has led to a whole body of work that explores not only the transcendence of movement but also the representation of light in a fluid and liberated style.