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Abstract
The use of the forge in my work is by no means a sudden development, but rather the result of investigations begun in 1972 with my first sculptures. The pieces shown recently in New York derive from a reaction against the academicism and repetitiveness generated by the reductivist approach in sculpture.
Among the effects of reductiveness, I would single out the division of artistic theory and practice which produces, on the one hand, an essentially formal or irrational process and, on the other, a totally conceptual process, cancelling out all involvement of the artist in the making of the work.
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Alain Kirili
Alain Kirili is a sculptor who has contributed articles to Artforum and ARTSmagazine.