"Any Word Except Wait" by Flavio Cerqueira

A Brazilian artist who works with the traditional process of casting sculpture in bronze to give shape to his emblematic figures, Flávio Cerqueira creates figurative works that offer narratives within an atmosphere of direct engagement with the spectator. The sculptures are often presented as tableaux, in which the figure interacts directly with his environment. Cerqueira was resident artist at Kansas City Art Institute during summer 2018, when he hand-built his Open Spaces sculpture, Any Word Except Wait, which marks the first time he has shown his art publicly in the U.S.