In this refined sculptural edition, Tapta demonstrates her extraordinary ability to reduce form to its essential qualities. Curved neoprene and polished copper establish a subtle dialogue in which material itself becomes the carrier of expression. Rather than emphasising mass, the sculpture focuses on rhythm, flexibility and the space that unfolds around it. As the viewer changes position, the relationship between the individual elements shifts continuously, transforming perception into an active part of the work.

Elegant in its simplicity yet conceptually rich, the sculpture embodies Tapta's lasting influence on the development of contemporary European sculpture and her unique ability to merge industrial materials with poetic abstraction.

Born Maria Wierusz-Kowalski in Poland in 1926, Tapta settled in Belgium after the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and trained as a weaver at La Cambre in Brussels, later heading that school's textile department, from 1976 to 1990. Her move from woven textiles to neoprene and metal in the 1980s and 90s remains one of the defining gestures of post-war Belgian sculpture.

Exhibitions: Art Antwerp 2025, Antwerp, Belgium — 11/12/2025 – 14/12/2025