This series of unique editions were produced by Nicolas Deshayes on the occasion of Nottingham Contemporary’s 10th anniversary in 2019.
Each ceramic work was hand-made by Deshayes in a town in the province of Venice that specialises in the production of ornamental platters: Bacchanal vessels that are exuberantly clad with dripping fruit, vegetables, and fish. Composizione features an arrangement of octopus tentacles laid out on a piece of cloth. A cross between a chef’s chopping board, Assyrian relief, musical score, and ‘Shui-mo’ drawing.
The edition is part of an ongoing series by Deshayes featuring octopus as a motif to explore the materiality of malleability, slipperiness, desire, petroleum extraction and the ‘below-surface’.
This is a series of 12, each edition is unique and hand painted detail will differ on each edition.
All profits raised from the sale of this limited-edition work support Nottingham Contemporary’s free programme of exhibitions, educational activities and research programmes.
Please note that orders of artists' editions can take up to 2-4 weeks to process. Please allow for this when making your order.