Andrea
Nagy
Sculpture, installation and mixed media in clay, bark, wire, plaster and cloth.
Sculpture, installation and mixed media in clay, bark, wire, plaster and cloth.
An egg cell, and a hundred sperm cells swimming towards it. Andrea Nagy's work starts at the very beginning, then goes looking for the skin of things: plaster, bark, crumpled cloth, bent wire.
Her sculptures also live on the wall beside them. The wrapped branches and masks cast a second drawing, one that changes with every lamp and every hour of the day.
The work asks to be seen in person: up close for the texture, from a distance for the form.
Andrea Nagy was born in Hungary and has lived in Belgium for thirty years. She trained at several art schools and works from her studio in Sint-Pauwels.
What stands out in her work is a love of material. She works with what she can find and hold: clay, tree bark, plaster, wire and cloth. She builds up layers, crumples and scrapes until a surface takes on a skin of its own.