Guy Moberly

Moberly is a multidisciplinary artist based in Barcelona, primarily working in photography and sculpture. He documented the pandemic photographically, and he found it depressing to relive what he had photographed during the day once the images were downloaded. It was an endless stream of miserable masked people that became increasingly emotionally exhausting, so to counter this, he decided to have fun with the free creation of sculptures, some of which are shown here.

His sculptures have always been made from recycled aluminum, mostly collected from the street. He uses aluminum because he loves its look and can work with it at night, bending and shaping it by hand without making noise or disturbing the neighbors. Nowadays, he buys old aluminum pots and pans on Wallapop because many people are looking for scrap, and it’s hard to find. His motivation comes from a deep desire to create, which often arises after witnessing or seeing something that needs to be expressed. Above all, he wants to create beautiful work and have a good time doing it. He wants people to be able to touch it, ask questions, be moved and/or inspired by it, even be bothered… or simply learn something new, like what a pangolin is and why it’s endangered.