Sam Hunter

Though better known for his later elongated and emaciated « existential » figures, Giacometti made some of his most original works during his surrealist period. The Invisible Object shows an almost primitive figure, bound to an imprisoning armature , emerging fearfully from its confines, and « holding » the void with a strange gesture of the arms and hands. It evokes the poignancy of human yearning and, paradoxically, the hollowness of hope, thus echoing the disenchanted mood which grimly colors so many surrealist fancies.
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https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81849