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Nicola Anthony creates sumptuous organic, obsessive sculptural works & drawings, the delicate yet chaotic surfaces are constructed using diverse materials & forms...glass, snow, pigment inks, sugar cubes, concrete, found objects, labels & light projection...
Drawings & words are taken from biological references & literary sources, then crafted through layering & assemblage. With an eye for detail, she sees the potential in the small things, which are collected & sculpted into something complex, intricate & fascinating in response to various themes such as memory, genetics, fairytales, histories, and notions of layering, mapping & multiples.
"For me the measure of an artwork is the amount of time it engages you for, and I aim to make work which is compelling to look at and able to engage its audience on many levels through its many layers. Does my work change the atmosphere in a space? I like to think so."
The work is tactile, intricate & multilayered, reflecting her fascination with traces, memory and the process of deconstructing and reconstructing the layers, perceptions and identities which are built up over time. Using diverse and unconventional materials and processes; collections of objects, images, sounds & patterns, she constructs complex and limitless pieces.
Nicola Anthony's most recent work concerns collection of biological images and an assemblage of identities, featuring in public and private collections in the UK and Europe. Using transpaent and opaque materials such as glass and molten sugar allow light to infiltrate the work and introduce the interplay of shadows and refraction.
