Video: Sugar Paradise Nicole Andrievich
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Not so long ago, we talked about a Japanese artist who creates short-lived and philosophical salt installations … It would be logical to assume that if there are authors whose attention has been attracted by salt, there must be others - those who create from sugar. Among them is the Australian artist Nicole Andrijevic. And unlike the sad salt labyrinths of the Japanese, her sugar installations are full of fun, happiness and joy.
To create sweet installations, Nicole uses not only sugar, but also various confectionery and small plastic objects. The artist says that her works are in the middle between the triumph of the culture of consumption and the material world and the realization that everything in this world is not eternal, including our own thoughts and desires. Andrievich's installations explore the notions of short-term happiness, utopia, blissful moments of being, and childhood belief in miracles.
An important part of Nicole Andrievich's work is shopping. In search of the necessary material, the artist spends hours studying the assortment of pastry shops. But the most important thing is, of course, sugar. “I buy so much sugar that it doesn't seem funny at all,” says the author. - Probably, sometimes they consider me strange and wonder why I have so much sweets.
Creating her sugar installations, Nicole has to travel a lot: she does not stay anywhere longer than 10 days, and works 12 hours a day. The artist admits that the most difficult thing in her work is to combine endless travel and motherhood. Her son is only 11 months old and she would like to spend more time with him. At the same time, Nicole dreams of traveling to other continents: in her opinion, acquaintance with different cultures will benefit her creative ideas.
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