Oscillating between expression and
constraint and advancing technological innovation while also utilising
traditional craftsmanship, Alvarez’s sculptural forms challenge our
perception of weight and gravity and appear both of this world and
utterly separate from it. His practice focuses on the design of systems
and the creation of tools and processes for producing sculptural objects
and architecture.
The technology created by the artist to aid in the
works creation are inextricable from the artist’s work, and even from
himself. They highlight the way in which an artist can become both
craftsman and engineer, and the tension between these two roles. Alvarez
continues to playfully push the boundaries, creating works rich in
tradition and at the same time utterly unconventional to create a truly
unique and surprising sculptural environment.