Bichito 89/22 1989

Gego made this sculpture, Bichito 89/22, from metal and wire sometime between 1989 and 1992. I love how she just lets her materials be what they are. There’s no hiding the seams, no effort to disguise the inherent qualities of the metal and wire. This little sculpture feels like a playful experiment. Gego is testing the boundaries of form, pushing the wire into all these looping, curling, chaotic tangles. And then there's the way she attaches those tangles to the metal base—such a humble, unpretentious support. It’s kind of punk, right? Like she doesn't care about preciousness, just the pure joy of construction. Gego reminds me of Eva Hesse. There's that same fascination with process, that willingness to embrace imperfection. It's like they're both saying, “Hey, art doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be real.”