Such an understanding of skin as a political terrain resonates across the eclectic, sensuous and playful body of work by Nicola L. Nicola L. Aside from her gender, her resistance to reductive stylistic labels resulted in her being side-lined from dominant historical accounts of such movements.
The exhibition at Alison Jacques evidences the heterogeneous and provocative nature of Nicola L. It captures the optimistic utopianism of a bygone era, while maintaining a contemporary relevance in the current political climate, primarily marked by identity politics.
Across sculpture, textiles and painting, Nicola L. At times accompanied by collaged elements and references to the natural environment, these humanist paintings celebrate the mind as a creative force and as the site of connection between the individual and their surrounding ecosystem. Among the latest of Nicola L. In the gallery entrance hall, viewers are welcomed by The Library Head , a white, wooden bookshelf in the shape of a stylised human head FIG.
The understated display of this work, which goes almost unnoticed against the white walls, reflects Nicola L. More of these functional objects take centre stage in the first room of the exhibition, such as the iconic White Foot Sofa FIG. Existing somewhere between sculpture and design, these works speak to the concerns of everyday objects and consumer culture that are so prevalent in Pop art.
These functional objects were designed to invite interactive encounter. However, presented as they are here, on a platform that separates them from the public FIG. The work is a later version of Nicola L.
