The Moon — Miami Art Basel

A Celestial Sculpture by Rosana Auqué at Art Basel Miami Beach

Under the fluorescent hush of Miami Beach, a silver hush rose from the floor: a moon you could almost breathe. The Moon was Rosana Auqué’s quiet interruption within the whirlwind of Art Basel—an intimate pause inside a global chorus. In a sea of voices, this sculpture chose murmur over shout, gathering light and letting it go again, like tide. Its roundness recalled childhood wonder and the artist’s recurring symbol of buoyancy—the balloon—now grounded, crystallized, and reimagined as celestial body. Standing before it, viewers found themselves leaning closer, not for detail but for temperature—the warmth of touch embedded in a cool, lunar skin. Here, joy was not loud; it glowed. Here, hope did not explain itself; it orbited.

At Art Basel, context is magnitude—hundreds of galleries, thousands of works, a city vibrating with attention. The Moon chose intimacy instead: a contemplative geometry that offered a small, deliberate ritual—arrive, exhale, and remember that beauty can be both weightless and grounding. The piece became a meeting point: between the personal and the planetary, play and precision, softness and resolve. It’s a Rosana signature—color distilled into light, gesture distilled into presence—translating her painted language into volume, and her belief that art doesn’t just decorate space; it alters gravity.

Process & Technique

“I shaped it with my hands and my soul.” The sculpture emerged through a sequence of building and refining: armature design for stability, layered grounds to achieve a luminous under-surface, and successive coats to modulate reflection—more glow than glare. Edges were softened by hand-sanding to keep the form tender, while a final protective finish sealed the skin, inviting light without trapping it. The result is a moon that remembers touch: meticulous yet human, polished yet never distant. In Rosana’s practice, process is devotion—each layer an affirmation, each pause a breath.

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Presented within the context of Art Basel, Miami Beach (participation page—non-solo show). The work dialogued with the fair’s electric cadence—where modern and contemporary voices converge—and offered viewers a moment of gentle suspension amid the city’s intensity.

Explora también Bloom, Grace e Il cielo in una stanza, que comparten el mismo lenguaje de elevación, equilibrio y resplandor sereno.

“Light is my way to speak about tenderness.”

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