Black Dart, 2019. Fibreglass, metal and plastic, 235 x 52 x 44 cm.These Women, nos. 2, 9, 12, 2019, 
ed. of 20.  
Bronze, 
ca. 21 x 10 x 10 cm each.

LR VANDY: HIDDEN

30 May - 29 Jun 2019
LR Vandy, Pomp and Circumstance, 2019.
Fiberglass, metal and horse hair, 180 x 60 x 35 cm.
Photo: Matthew Booth
LR Vandy, Railway, no., 2019.
Charred wood and brass, 100 x 160 x 10 cm.
Photo: Matthew Booth

Following a sell-out debut at the 2018 edition of 1-54 London, LR Vandy’s highly anticipated exhibition features new works by the artist, including more from her signature Hull series.

In the current Hull series, Vandy transforms model boat hulls into ‘masks’, animating them with various materials, including fishing floats, porcupine quills and acupuncture needles.

The hulls allude to the transportation of migrants as commodities. As masks they present a transformation of identity, drawing upon the tradition of talismans, charms and amulets. 

Representing aggressive protection, the materials Vandy applies to the hulls reference witchcraft/voodoo needles or nails, creating a tension throughout the works. The overall forms draw together the opposing aesthetics of attraction and repulsion; alluring and seemingly decorative pieces that on closer inspection provoke a sense of danger in the larger context of our world.

Her new work Railway also closely examines transport systems and their hidden human costs.  Vandy threads old model railway tracks across burnt wood of different depths, contained by brass borders.

Vandy continues to address the tension of opposing forms in her video work, ‘Landscapes’, in which two substances interact and mix in an extraordinary choreographic dance, forming a constantly shifting and changing visceral landscape.

The exhibition will include the sculpture series These Women, consisting of twenty-one individual sculptures to be cast in bronze or Jesmonite each one a different variation of bold geometric elements.

A large Jesmonite sculpture from the series Superhero Cog-Woman, specially made for the exhibition will be on display in October Gallery’s courtyard. Superhero Cog-Woman is a tribute to the act of women coming together and making things happen.

 

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