Zygotes and Confessions is a new publication devoted to the work of
London-based artist Nick Hornby, and has been produced to accompany his
first solo exhibition in a public gallery. The exhibition, which shares
its title with the publication, is presented at MOSTYN, Wales, UK, from
November 2020 to April 2021.
Hornby is known for his monumental site-specific works that combine
digital software with traditional materials such as bronze, steel,
granite, and marble. In this publication he presents a substantial new
body of smaller, more intimate work comprising three discrete yet
interrelated series of works inspired by the history of sculptural
busts, modernist abstractions, and mantelpiece ceramic dogs. United by
glossy photographic surfaces created by means of an industrial process
in which his sculptures are dipped into liquid photographs, these new
works explore themes of portraiture, the body, identity, sexuality, and
intimacy in the digital era. A number of the works have been made in
collaboration with fashion photographer Louie Banks.
Along with a foreword by Helen Boyd, Head of Marketing and Publisher
Relations at the Casemate Group, the publication features a text by
MOSTYN director Alfredo Cramerotti and an essay by London-based
publisher, editor, and writer Matt Price. The texts are presented in
both English and Welsh. Newly commissioned studio photography of the
works by Ben Westoby, along with installation views of the exhibition
commissioned by MOSTYN from Mark Blower, illustrate the publication,
which has been designed by Joe Gilmore / Qubik. The publication is
co-published by MOSTYN, Wales, UK, and Anomie Publishing, London, and
distributed internationally by Casemate Art, a division of the Casemate
Group.
