In his first solo exhibit in the U.S., British sculptor Nick Hornby takes on the icons of his practice and pulls their works into the present with four new works. At the centre of Churner and Churner, New York, stands the outline of one of the most famous artworks in the world, Michelanglo’s David. The relaxed contrapposto of David – the apotheosis of the grand narrative of human perfectibility – moves to zero, having been extruded to a single point and balanced upright. Half a ton of 150 micron marble dust glued together balances on a tip that hovers just above the ground.
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