RHEA DILLON




Artworks
Writing
Press
Information

Research







An Alterable Terrain
 Tate Britain, London, 2023-4

An Alterable Terrain brings together new and existing sculptures as a conceptual fragmentation of a Black woman’s body. Examining material and colonial histories, theories of minimalism and abstraction, and Black feminist epistemologies. Dillon’s works evoke elements – including the eyes, mouth, soul and hands – of an amorphous, conceptual body that considers the formation of Caribbean and British identities.

Art Now is a series of free exhibitions showcasing emerging talent and highlighting new developments in British art.

The publication accompanying the exhibition was published by Tate Publishing in 2023 and edited by Dillon. See details here


.
.
.
Flagging Visions of Periphery, 2023
Steel, polyester and resin
104.5 × 130 cm


Flagging Visions of Periphery (detail), 2023
Flagging Visions of Periphery (detail), 2023
As Wata to Wine, Wine to Blood, Blood to Dirt, Dirt to Sand, Sand to Water; Wata (Bit), 2023 
Iron, plastic and sand
10.2 × 40.7 × 30cm 
As Wata to Wine... (detail), 2023 
As Wata to Wine... (detail), 2023
Placing Her Within An Alterable Terrain, 2023
Acrylic glass
160cm3
Placing Her Within An Alterable Terrain (detail), 2023
C/leaning Figures, 2023
Scent, soap, molasses and resin
Dimensions variable
C/leaning Figures (detail), 2023
C/leaning Figures (detail), 2023
C/leaning Figures (detail), 2023
An Unholy Trinity (the) Imaginary, Symbolic and Real, 2022
Sapele mahogany
117cm × 87cm × 87cm
An Unholy Trinity (the) Imaginary, Symbolic and Real (detail), 2022
Swollen, Whole, Broken, Birthed in the Broken; Broken Birthed, Broken, Deficient, Whole–At the Black Womb’s Altar, At the Black Woman’s Tale., 2023
Sapele mahogany and calabashes
25.4 × 160 × 25.4 cm
Swollen, Whole, Broken, Birthed in the Broken;... (detail), 2023
Swollen, Whole, Broken, Birthed in the Broken;... (detail), 2023

Photography: Theo Christelis