Nonbody Nonthing No Thing
V.O Curations, London, 2021
Nonbody Nonthing No Thing is the first solo exhibition by Rhea Dillon. Comprising new sculpture and painting, the show is a series of deconstructions and reconfigurations, which come together to form a poethic exploration of Blackness. Developed during her residency at V.O Curations, Nonbody Nonthing No Thing continues Dillon’s interest in understanding objects as a system through which to consider Black Britishness and postcoloniality. Incorporating found materials, language and other diverse media, the artist focuses on the potential of objects to unsettle layers of sedimented meaning, and as receptacles for personal and shared memory or trauma. Within a condition of chaos, Dillon employs abstraction as a strategy to resist objectification; the refusal to be legible pushing against the ‘visible invisibility’ of the Black (woman’s) body.
Vexilla Maurus, 2021
Oil on canvas
106 × 206 cm
Oil on canvas
106 × 206 cm
Vexilla Maurus (detail), 2021
Vexilla Maurus (detail), 2021
Faeces I, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Faeces II, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Faeces III, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Ffaeces II, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Ffaeces I, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Ffaeces III, 2021
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
Polyester backing and foam
59 × 73 cm
From Landing to arriva(L) In Clear Waters Only I Can Paint Black
(detail), 2021
Foam, bus seats, non drying anti-climb paint, plastic, acrylic paint & bleach
135 × 88 × 72 cm
(detail), 2021
Foam, bus seats, non drying anti-climb paint, plastic, acrylic paint & bleach
135 × 88 × 72 cm
From Landing to arriva(L) In Clear Waters Only I Can Paint Black (detail), 2021
From Landing to arriva(L) In Clear Waters Only I Can Paint Black (detail), 2021
Incomplete Lysis, 2021
Concrete and glass
43 × 15 × 29 cm
Concrete and glass
43 × 15 × 29 cm
Incomplete Lysis (detail), 2021
Incomplete Lysis (detail), 2021
Painting (D-o-u-b-l-e-P-e-n-d-u-l-u-m), 2021
Acrylic on bamboo
142 × 2 × 4cm
Acrylic on bamboo
142 × 2 × 4cm
Painting (D-o-u-b-l-e-P-e-n-d-u-l-u-m)
(detail), 2021
(detail), 2021
Painting (D-o-u-b-l-e-P-e-n-d-u-l-u-m)
(detail), 2021
(detail), 2021
The Myth Of The Noble Savage, A Hoodlum Afar And A Saint At Her Desk, 2021
360° dome mirror, Jamaican coins, chain and non drying anti-climb paint
60 × 60 × 134 cm
360° dome mirror, Jamaican coins, chain and non drying anti-climb paint
60 × 60 × 134 cm
The Myth Of The Noble Savage...(detail), 2021
Photography: Theo Christelis