Abigail Lucien
boule de fwa VI, 2023
Acrylic and vinyl on steel
22.86 x 1.91 x 5.08 cm
9 x 3/4 x 2 in
9 x 3/4 x 2 in
ALU 005
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The double-ended candles, boule de fwa VI, and boule de fwa VII symbolically hold together the contradiction of burning at both ends, but frozen in stillness. This alludes also to...
The double-ended candles, boule de fwa VI, and boule de fwa VII symbolically hold together the contradiction of burning at both ends, but frozen in stillness. This alludes also to the process of working with steel, which goes through a softening process to manipulate it into soft fluid, and playful forms as suggested in the work, e.s.p. featuring cats animated by the flight of butterflies, their playful tumbling and ripples of red ribbons flowing from one of their necks.
Exhibitions
Emma Prempeh & Abigail Lucien, With Tenderness, 3 March - 1 April 2023, Tiwani Contemporary, Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, London, UK.Abigail Lucien & Emma Prempeh : With Tenderness, 2023, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
3 March - 1 April 2023