Nathaniel Mellors, Venus of Truson (prehistoric, photogrammic originals)
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£550, (ICA Members £500)
On the occasion of his major solo exhibition at the ICA , Nathaniel Mellors has generously created a series of 23 unique colour photograms for the ICA. Each signed and numbered work is an edition of 1 and available to purchase individually.
See images of all of the individual works here
To enquire about any of the individual works please email Vicky Steer at vicky.steer@ica.org.uk quoting the reference number.
Each work in the series portrays an image of The Venus of Hohle Fels, a sculpture which is regarded as the oldest undisputed example of prehistoric figurative art yet found. The sculpture, or at least a crude copy of the sculpture, appears in Mellors’ new video series, Ourhouse (2010- ). The object is purchased from the internet by Truson, a member of the eccentric Maddox-Wilson family that feature in the film. Unable to distinguish between a real and fake object, Truson is convinced that his Venus is a genuine artifact. Using Truson's Venus object, Mellors has created twenty-three unique prints using a camera-less photographic technique. By exposing the sculpture onto paper and manipulating it by hand in the dark-room through a colour photographic process, the artist has created a set of works which vary significantly from one other while obliquely re-instating the Venus as an original.
Artist Biography
Nathaniel Mellors was born in 1974 in Doncaster, England. He currently lives and works in Amsterdam and London. Ourhouse Episodes 1, 2 & 4 continues themes established by Mellors with the exhibitions Black Gold and Profondo Viola (Matt’s Gallery, London, 2001 & 2004), The Time Surgeon (ArtSway & Lyon Biennial 2007, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, 2008 and South London Gallery 2009) and Giantbum (Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009 & Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam).
Courtesy the artist, Matt's Gallery, London; MONITOR, Rome; and Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam.
*Please note that due to the unique nature of these works some are only available framed. Framing price £85.
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