The Evolving Dimensions of Graciela Cassel

By Emireth Herrera Valdes,2025

Graciela Cassel’s surreal abstract sculptures challenge the perception of space by engaging the viewer in both physical and emotional dimensions. Embracing freedom from a more experimental approach, she explores a diverse range of materials and media, channeling a sense of liberation through expressive abstraction. Continuing her artistic language, her recent sculptural installations utilize steel as a primary medium, its solidity acting as an anchor, while the incorporation of mirrors introduces fluidity, transforming the work into a portal through time and space.

Cassel’s work evolves organically through her intuitive manipulation of steel. By juxtaposing materials and pushing their expressive boundaries, Cassel invites viewers to navigate an ephemeral yet structured space. Her work is distinctive in its affirmation that the forces shaping our response to nature are both elusive and utopian, existing within a field where natural elements become intangible. Her sculptures stand as a reminder that both the body and the artwork itself function as vessels for this experience.

Bridging the territories of futurism and surrealism, Cassel’s practice redefines the boundaries between materiality and perception. The sense of movement inherent in her forms evoke the futuristic fascination with the continuous relationship between humanity and its environment. Simultaneously, her dreamlike compositions, fluid spatial explorations, and unexpected juxtapositions echo surrealism’s defiance of logic. By tapping into the unconscious mind—where thoughts and emotions unfold beyond conscious awareness—Cassel shapes a reality in which imagination, material, and space converge, forming a fluid landscape of possibilities.