Rudy is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. His contemplative sculpture made of copper and charred wood is entitled Mauna and sits in the center of our labyrinth.
About the Artist:
Incorporating copper into my sculptures allows me to explore the metal’s tactile warmth, energy conductivity, and also reminds me of the ineffable. By manipulating copper, I engage in a dialogue between form and function, resonating with both physical presence and conceptual depth.
The minimalism allows the material and spiritual to be felt as one: physical form plus accompanying energetic resonance. I combine copper with the tradition of Yakisugi wood burning which symbolizes silence, impermanence, and the void. The dialogue between the elements invites contemplation, the main objective of the piece. Contemplate the piece, contemplate yourself.
60″x20″x20″ | 50,000 mxn
60″x20″x20″ | 50,000 mxn
About the Art:
This work, constructed from copper, emerges from a quest to materialize the interior space that opens to silence. Its form and layout are conceived to invite a deliberate pause: an interruption in the usual flow of perception that allows one to enter a meditative state.
Inspired by listening—not only to sound, but to the silence that remains afterward—it proposes a meditative threshold in which the viewer becomes an active part of the work.
Copper, due to its acoustic properties and its ability to reflect both light and the environment, acts as a channel between the visible and the audible. By approaching the piece and placing their body in direct relationship with it, the viewer participates in an intimate gesture of listening. This act can be interpreted as a metaphor for deep attention: not necessarily to a specific sound, but to the resonance that remains after the experience of listening.
The charred wood acts as a vertical line that indicates the silence after the sound, the shadow after the fire. The desert installation reinforces the idea of a fertile void, where silence is not absence, but potential space. The piece doesn’t emit sound; rather, it becomes a threshold to awareness of the environment, the body, and the present moment. As if it were a door or a ritual ear opened toward the desert and its vast sound.
IG: @rudylango
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