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Formation

Nadia Zhaya

Reference

SAS0161_001

Year

2022

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 100
Length: 30
Depth: 30

Materials

recycled acrylics (plastics), human teeth

Current Location

Glasgow

Suitable Locations for the Work

  • Indoors
  • Freestanding
  • On a plinth

Background, history, commissioner of the work

Formation (The Thing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkepMzqqg6c 'Material Matter – Remade' project was sponsored by the Culture & Business Fund Scotland, GSA Sustainability. The work was made in collaboration with Midton acrylics and exhibited at 'Strangefield' French Street. Publication by Good Press with an essay by E.A.Hodson. Exhibited at Phlox night: the cone in the video https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGwVj8q1MP/

Thematic/contextual information

Through its complexity, the sculpture mirrors the infinitely intricate workings of the human psyche. The crystallizations throughout the sculpture convey elaborate and interconnected mental and emotional formations. They are as organic as they are mysterious, unique, and unpredictable.

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