The Alchemy of the Discarded: The Art of Alexandre da Cunha In the hands of Alexandre da Cunha, the debris of urban existence undergoes a profound metamorphosis. A Brazilian-British artist born in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, da Cunha has carved a singular niche in contemporary sculpture by finding extraordinary beauty within the mundane and the forgotten. His practice is not merely one of assembly, but an act of poetic reclamation, where…