Solo exhibition of LR Vandy
0ctober Gallery, 2019
Following a sell-out debut at the 2018 edition of 1-54 London, LR Vandy’s highly anticipated exhibition featured new works by the artist. On display were key works from her Hull series in which Vandy transforms model boat hulls into ‘masks’, animating them with various materials, including fishing floats, porcupine quills and acupuncture needles. The hulls allude to the transportation of migrants as commodities. As masks they present a transformation of identity, drawing upon the tradition of talismans, charms and amulets.
The exhibition included the sculpture series These Women, consisting of twenty-one individual sculptures and a large Jesmonite sculpture from the series Superhero Cog-Woman, specially made for the exhibition was on display in the gallery’s courtyard. Superhero Cog-Woman is a tribute to the act of women coming together and making things happen.
The exhibition was opened by Nigella Lawson.
