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Untitled (Head 26)

Thomas J Price
Untitled (Head 26), 2019
Acrylic composite, Perspex, automotive spray paint
Work: 23 x 11 x 13 cm

These imagined amalgam heads atop glossy pearlised off-white automotive spray painted bases are cast in white acrylic composite, a pale, almost ghostly plaster-like material that simultaneously evokes the luxury of marble surfaces and the more provisional, layered history of raw plaster as a material for the casting of statues. These works draw upon commonly understood hierarchies between materials to explore social power structures and the way in which status is ascribed within them.