Art in the field

LIKE the British, the Argentinians are a horse people, and often horse people don’t really see their horses. We race them, or play polo, or ride across country. We feed and groom them, and try to avoid getting trodden on, but rarely do we stop and look at them. The moment you do notice your horse, its sheer physicality is overwhelming. Strong bones, sinews, massive muscles and athletic poise all make for an almost machine-like beauty.

This is what Argentinian sculptor Hernán puppets. The idea of the horse is shown at the same time as the workings of the body. Forn explains that he was able to create this unique view when he discovered the Japanese ceramic technique raku: “It is a medieval Japanese process for ceramics, probably invented around 1400. The word means peace and happiness. I didn’t come across it until I was 40.”