CORE | 2022
Nina Surel goes in search of the most essential, the innermost layer. Surel subtly works around the relationship between nature and time. Core, her ceramic sculptures, revisit two previous works by the artist (the performance Rite of the Womb and the video installation Grávida, both from 2019) to produce a set of individually molded pieces on the pelvis of a group of women. In this way, the result is as relevant as the intimate process of its production. The unique shape of each body is secretly registered, while at the same time it evokes the permanence of the origin, the persistence of life. These totems are not only a symbol of resistance and appreciation towards womanhood but also a recognition of the legacy of our female ancestors, the mothers and grandmothers who preceded us.
Veronica Flom
A Sum of Possibilities - Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami 2022. Group show. Curator Veronica Flom. Exhibition view
Core Series - Nova, Alaska, Cora, 2022. Stoneware ceramic and iron
Core In progress - Core is an action where the unique shape of each body is secretly registered, while at the same time it evokes the permanence of the origin, the persistence of life
Core In progress - Casting made from the pelvis of anonymous women.
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Core Installation
A Sum of Possibilities. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami 2022. Group show, Nina Surel, Leslie Gabaldon and Christina Pettersson. Curator Veronica Flom. Exhibition view
Canvas 1 (Core Series). 2022. Unprimed cotton canvas, clay, plaster and oil. 54 x 100 inches
Canvas 3 (Core Series), 2022. Unprimed cotton canvas and clay. 47 x 93 inches
Canvas 5, (Core Series), 2022. Drop cloth, plaster and clay. 47 x 47 inches
Canvas 10 (Core Series), 2022. Unprimed cotton canvas and clay. 72 x 102 inches
