open with double puncture, 2025
powder coating on steel
6"h x 6"w x 3"d
AVAILABLE
inquiries: Wrong Marfa
Wrong Gallery is pleased to present Moiré Work, a new body of sculpture by Cody Barber.
Barber transforms extruded metal into vivid optical instruments. Each piece layers perforated mesh to generate a moiré effect—patterns that shift, vibrate, and fold as viewers move through the space. Powder-coated in hues that echo the brightness of pixels and the ripeness of fruit, the sculptures create a surprising tension between the edible and the digital.
Circular apertures serve as lenses, inviting viewers to look through metal that would ordinarily block sight. This transparency produces an intimate, charged encounter. As the eye moves, the works stir into motion, revealing depth and energy inside their precise constructions.
Moiré Work offers an experience shaped by clarity, presence, and perceptual awakening. The exhibition showcases Barber’s ability to build stillness that behaves like motion and material that becomes a threshold for seeing.
— M NKOSI OSA, 2025