Eva Gold's sculpture "24/7" presents a vertical, glowing rectangular form in warm amber hues, textured with a grid pattern that evokes industrial materials. The piece's simplicity contrasts with its suggestive use of light, hinting at themes of perpetual work and presence. Employing minimalist design, Gold uses conceptual tension to provoke thought on modern capitalism's demands. Her work, steeped in cinematic references and material specificity, aims to engage viewers in the discourse on power and the ceaseless cycles of contemporary life, underlining the perpetual state of vigilance expected in today's world. ...
Eva Gold (b. 1994, Manchester) is a British visual artist whose practice spans sculpture, drawing, and moving image. Her work is united by a cinematic sensibility and a precise, often fetishistic use of materials—bone, steel, carved soap, leather, vulcanised rubber—arranged to evoke tension, intimacy, and unease. Often suggesting fragmented narratives or withheld scenes, Gold invites the viewer to consider what lies just beyond the frame, conjuring a sense of illicitness or latent threat.
Found objects, imbued with their own histories, and sensory triggers like scent are recurring elements in her installations, which frequently present bodies in parts—absent, dismembered, or ghosted through hanging garments. Themes of power, violence, and desire move through the work, often framed by the structural constraints of capitalism. References to American cultural mythologies—particularly cinema—underscore her exploration of spectacle, control, and the body’s role within both. ...
