Marina Rodrigues: Contemporary Art and Constructivist Sculptures

Marina Rodrigues is a contemporary visual artist based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, whose practice explores the physical behavior of materials and geometric structure. Her work is characterized by the use of recycled and industrial elements, particularly oxidized metal plates and concrete. Through these materials, she establishes a dialogue with the legacy of 20th-century constructivism, investigating balance, weight, and spatial tension. Her portfolio unfolds through distinct series and installations that reflect an ongoing inquiry into support, compression, and equilibrium. Notable series include Encaixes, Casa-vao, Estados da materia, and Vao livre, each proposing different structural relationships between form and force. Her large-scale installations, such as Controle e Ritmo, Argumentos de Equilibrio, and Compasso, emphasize the physical presence of matter, inviting viewers to engage with weight, instability, and architectural space. Drawing from urban contexts and the reuse of construction materials, her work reconfigures fragments into precise compositions, revealing tensions between permanence and transformation. In doing so, Marina Rodrigues contributes to contemporary Brazilian art through a practice grounded in material investigation and structural clarity. Marina Rodrigues has participated in significant group exhibitions, such as Ponto de Mutacao, curated by Antonio Goncalves Filho at Almeida & Dale. Her work is rooted in the reconfiguration of industrial remnants, articulating relationships between weight, balance, and spatial limits.