Nadia Naveau
Nadia Naveau is best known for her figurative sculpture. Her typically seductive, surprising sculptures are the result of a balanced interplay of colours, shapes, scale and diverse materials such as plaster, ceramics, bronze, plasticine and polyester. Naveau's sculptures betray a certain postmodern twist due to their eclecticism. The process of “recycling” and attention to presentation are typical of Naveau's practice, which likes to explore the boundaries of sculpture and constantly questions the autonomy and status of a sculpture. All her sculptures, no matter how large or small, are hand-modelled from large, rough blocks of clay. The clay sculpture is then moulded so that the image can be cast in the final material. The initial, tactile act of modelling is often intuitive, which clay as a material allows very well. Once the clay has been shaped into a sculpture, it is moulded so that the image can be cast in the final material. The sculptures often contain multiple references that introduce a layering of content and form. The references that Naveau draws on are difficult to define. She is fascinated by the images that surround her – however banal, significant or art-historical the reference may be.
