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» Untitled (Circle series) I - IV (2020) magazine collage 35 x 35cm
» Beneath the roots of the mountains (2021) watercolour and giclée print collage on watercolour paper, 35 x 35cm
» Untitled (painting study from collage) III (2021) cut watercolour on paper, 35 x 36cm
» Beneath the roots of the mountains (2021) watercolour and giclée print collage on watercolour paper, 35 x 35cm
» Untitled (painting study from collage) III (2021) cut watercolour on paper, 35 x 36cm
circle series
Working with the symbolism of a circle that protects, maintains, flows and connects, magazine imagery is held in a space of suspended animation, exploring notions of disposability and temporality within a unified whole. By exploding the external - an obsessive fragmentation of multiple perspectives drawn from the visual culture that surrounds us - I am simultaneously looking inward, drawing references from diverse philosophical sources and spiritual practices. Often seen as a symbol of protection, the circle template was taken from my dining table placemat, referencing intimacy and constraint within the domestic sphere. Emotionally accentuated during the pandemic, the home became a central ground for every aspect life, redefining a sense of time, relationship and priority.
An unfinished/ongoing series, with its initiation during the first lock-down of the pandemic, and its deviation into watercolour after losing our home to a gas explosion at the end of 2020. The only possessions I didn't lose in the fire that subsequently devoured the house were those in my studio - namely my artwork. In the months following our relocation to temporary accommodation, I began reproducing the collages from lockdown in watercolour. The reproductions are not exact scale replicas, honouring the fluid nature of watercolour. This act of repair became a tool for recovery, a process opposed to the act of cutting usually present in my work.
An unfinished/ongoing series, with its initiation during the first lock-down of the pandemic, and its deviation into watercolour after losing our home to a gas explosion at the end of 2020. The only possessions I didn't lose in the fire that subsequently devoured the house were those in my studio - namely my artwork. In the months following our relocation to temporary accommodation, I began reproducing the collages from lockdown in watercolour. The reproductions are not exact scale replicas, honouring the fluid nature of watercolour. This act of repair became a tool for recovery, a process opposed to the act of cutting usually present in my work.
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ARTIST TALK: “FROM BODY TO EARTH; MINI IMPLOSIONS AND SOMETIMES THE OPPOSITE” 11/02/2022
Reflecting upon her ‘circle series’, some of which are featured in the latest exhibition Historias de boudoir, Nina unveils questions and thoughts surrounding her practice in the recent years, touching on upon issues of repair, rebuilding, perception of trauma, mundanity and home, that interweave through her collage and mixed media works on paper. |