The Thing
Nadia Zhaya
The Thing
Nadia Zhaya
Reference
SAS0161_001
Year
2022
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 100
Length: 30
Depth: 30
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
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck4uGg1oTJF/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkepMzqqg6c
'Material Matter – Remade' project was sponsored by the Culture & Business Fund Scotland, supported by GSA Sustainability. The work was made in collaboration with Midton acrylics and exhibited in 'Strangefield' French Street. Publication by Good Press with an essay by E.A.Hodson, a copy of which is included with the sculpture.
Exhibited at Phlox night: the cone in the video
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGwVj8q1MP/
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDl3ktqsRb/
Thematic/contextual information
Created with the new 'Remade' material by Midton. The cone, by hand crystallised from the upcycled plastic shards, is to never decay and together with the teeth in it fossilise and freeze in time as a celebration of anthropogenic artificial. Plastic fillings in the teeth in plastics. Inspired by the ideas of a new spirituality and neo-nature.