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Nichola Shanley

NICHOLA SHANLEY

The Agnes Dei Collection Two Rooms 19 July–17 August 2024 Auckland
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Nichola Shanley’s new ceramic artworks appear as the remains of something consumed by fire and reborn as something not of the present but as relics. As a phoenix rising from the ashes, The Agnes Dei Collection materialises as an assembly of blackened figures blessed with a golden lustre. Once the ‘Body of Christ’ in liturgical texts or uttered at the fraction rite in the Catholic mass, it is now the eucharistic species of bread, broken and added to the golden chalice or vessel. Shanley has presented her figures on long metal trestles as offerings on an altar, a thin ribbon of waxed metal river running towards two shroud like silk painting’s, flanked by ancestral heads mounted on the wall. This marriage of myth and Western religion inducing the phenomenon of transformation.

In objects there is information, all made objects being techne, technical, forms of technology. There is information registered in ceramics, which is compounded by fact that are materially inert. They remain, prevail over decay, with the of patience of stones and the undead. The vampires of the art world in an eternal present.

—Except from the accompanying essay, I am ash by Gwynneth Porter

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A remembrance by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley A remembrance, 2024 Porcelain
18 x 12 x 15 cm
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A section of being around by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley A section of being around, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
15 x 10 x 15 cm
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Am I stealing again when will it stop by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Am I stealing again, when will it stop, 2024 Porcelain
18 x 13 cm
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April in Dunedin 1 by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork painting textile
Nichola Shanley April in Dunedin #1, 2024 Silk & fabric paint
284 x 112.5 cm
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April in Dunedin 2 by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork textile
Nichola Shanley April in Dunedin #2, 2024 Silk & fabric paint
260 x 112 cm
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Cowled head by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Cowled head, 2024 Porcelain
22 x 25 cm
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Deeds not pretending by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Deeds not pretending, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
20 x 17 x 10 cm
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Diagram of light by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork textile
Nichola Shanley Diagram of light, 2024 Porcelain, gold lustre, hand-sewn lamp shade with hand painted silk fabric
54 x 18 cm
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Empty bookshelves in the sunlight by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Empty bookshelves in the sunlight, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
57 x 18 cm
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Even if by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Even if, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
28 x 15 cm
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Filament by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork sculpture
Nichola Shanley Filament, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
28 x 18 cm
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For Looking by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley For Looking, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
25 x 15 x 15 cm
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Fragment box by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Fragment box, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
28 x 11 cm
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Ghost by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Ghost, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
16 x 19 x 10 cm
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I wish I was not from a tree by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork textile
Nichola Shanley I wish I was not from a tree, 2024 Porcelain, gold lustre, hand-sewn lamp shade with hand painted silk fabric
40 x 20 cm
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Picking up by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Picking up, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
11 x 9 cm
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Pointing in a manner well practiced manner by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork sculpture textile
Nichola Shanley Pointing in a manner well practiced manner, 2024 Porcelain, hand-sewn lamp shade with hand painted silk fabric
20 x 17 cm
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Quiet by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Quiet, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
13 x 9 cm
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Remain by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Remain, 2024 Porcelain
22 x 16 cm
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Secular by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Secular, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
22 x 17 cm
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Stacked by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Stacked, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
15 x 15 cm
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Such a long chain of information by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Such a long chain of information, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
40 x 15 cm
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To engage but not speak by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley To engage but not speak, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
30 x 20 cm
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To introduce yourself by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley To introduce yourself, 2024 Porcelain
15 x 25 x 9 cm
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Underneath by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Underneath, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
30 x 17 cm
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Upright Citizen by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Upright Citizen, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
20 x 11 cm
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Voice over by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Voice over, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
13 x 9 cm
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When we want to attend what will we wear by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley When we want to attend what will we wear?, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
45 x 30 cm
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Where is the proof by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Where is the proof, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
25 x 16 cm
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Who makes the rules by Nichola Shanley contemporary artwork
Nichola Shanley Who makes the rules, 2024 Porcelain & gold lustre
26 x 20 cm
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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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Auckland
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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