Anello Edition Denise René 1972

This kinetic sculpture, Anello Edition Denise René, was made by Jesus Rafael Soto. It's an object that invites play, and insists that art is more than just a visual experience. One half of the piece features these tightly-packed, horizontal lines, almost like a minimal painting, while the other half explodes with thin metal rods jutting out, a kind of controlled chaos. It's like Soto is saying, "Look, here's order, here's disorder, but it's all connected." The way those rods vibrate in space makes me think of Calder, but Soto pushes it further into pure abstraction. And this insistence on movement reminds me that art isn't static, it's alive. It shifts with the light, with our perspective, with our touch. Soto's work shows that art is a process. It's never really finished, just constantly becoming.