Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Nicola Turner British, b. 1967
Vestal Cage, 2026
Wood, wool, steel and net
275 x 75 x 60 cm
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Incorporating light or dark wool, netted and teetering on tailor’s shears and tripods, Turner's freestanding sculptures have a powerful yet elegant presence. As Hettie Judah describes, they “offset their earthy,...
Incorporating light or dark wool, netted and teetering on tailor’s shears and tripods, Turner's freestanding sculptures have a powerful yet elegant presence. As Hettie Judah describes, they “offset their earthy, bestial nature by deploying a veneer of delicacy”, referencing in their titles ideas around female desire, bodily shame and emotional secrecy.
