Manuel Neriās Chromatic Chaos
…including wire, cardboard, wood, and scraps of his army fatigues. Installation view of Manuel NeriĀ Assertion of the FigureĀ with āUntitled Female Figureā (l.) and Untitled Male Figure, (both c. 1958) (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) In the years that followed, plaster figures built over metal armatures became Neriās trademark. The earliest works inĀ Assertion of the FigureĀ are an āUntitledā 1958 male/female duo in painted plaster that have…