Eva Gold's sculpture "WE BUY AND SELL" features a minimalist rectangular form with a warm, glowing orange hue. The surface texture is subtly gridded, and the piece radiates an industrial yet intimate ambiance. The simplicity of the form contrasts with the complexity of its atmospheric effect, evoking themes of commerce and display. Gold's work, often reflective of societal structures and power dynamics, incorporates references to American cultural mythologies and examines the intersection of spectacle and control. ...
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. ...
