“vertical satellites”

Gustavo Genta's work explores sculpture and installation in a process of constant experimentation, where form and material interact in an unmistakable style. His creations intertwine industrial design with abstraction, composing a system of personal and symbolic signs. In them, architecture and space are challenged, revealing new registers and plays of light and shadow that transform the viewer's perceptions. With a rigorous working method, Genta combines rational and emotional processes, balancing mass production and artisanal technique to build a cohesive and innovative visual universe.

A graduate of Uruguay’s Industrial Design Center in the early 2000s, Genta belongs to a generation of designers molded for the country’s industrialized landscape. In his work, he revisits elements of kinetic art and Latin American abstract sculpture, echoing the influences of artists such as Jesús Rafael Soto and Gertrud Goldschmidt, Gego. Alongside his technical knowledge, he constantly seeks to improve materials and forms, resulting in sculptures that are “sensitive to their immediate environment,” evoking shadows and reflections that reverberate in the space, as if they were part of a luminous dance.

Notable solo exhibitions include “Seagulls” at Galeria Inox (Rio de Janeiro, 2024), “The Limits of Control” at Fundação Iturria (Montevideo, 2024), and “Games of Perception” at Espaço Serratosa (Montevideo, 2021). In group shows, he participated in “Abstraction in Motion” at MACA (Maldonado, 2023), and “He Who Touches the Wind” at Galeria Palatina (Buenos Aires, 2023). His presence on the international circuit includes the Uruguayan selection for the Beijing Biennial (2021) and the “Domo Panda” project in Chengdu, China, with large-scale kinetic sculptures.

Genta is also part of important private and public collections, such as those of the Ralli Museum (Punta del Este, Uruguay), Ernesto Kimelman and Sartori Rybolovleva (Montevideo), and has works on permanent display at the World Trade Center in Montevideo, including the sculptures "Espireto" and "Panadero". His public interventions and installations reflect a commitment to form and material, revealing an artist whose work is an invitation to an aesthetic experience that transcends the object and becomes a dialogue with the space and the viewer.