The artwork features a striking silver-toned sculpture of a human foot, with a black strap and pendant attached. The sculpture's smooth, metallic surface and exaggerated proportions create a surreal, almost futuristic aesthetic. The prominent veins and wrinkles in the foot's skin suggest a realistic, anatomical attention to detail, yet the overall form is stylized and abstracted. The minimalist composition and monochromatic palette emphasize the sculptural qualities of the foot, inviting the viewer to contemplate the relationship between the natural and artificial. This disembodied foot sculpture likely comments on themes of individuality, corporeal experience, and the human form reimagined through a contemporary artistic lens. ...
Isabelle Albuquerque investigates the intersections of personal identity, collective experience, memory, desire, and transformation. Her work engages with both psychological depth and formal intensity, offering multiple layers of interpretation. Drawing on her background in performance, she uses her own body as a point of departure, creating sculptures that explore the fluidity of identity and foreground women’s experiences, desire, sexuality, and embodiment across time. In her life-sized figures, Albuquerque examines metamorphosis and mythological inheritance through a rich combination of materials. She merges personal narratives with broader cultural and social themes, producing tactile works that resonate on multiple levels. By integrating traditional craftsmanship with contemporary technologies such as 3D scanning and robotic carving, she animates materials—bronze, wood, plaster, wax, rubber, synthetic resins, and even human hair—imbuing them with layered histories and agency. Her sculptures confront themes of power, sexuality, and cultural memory while existing in a continual state of transformation, questioning conventional notions of the body and humanity. Albuquerque’s interdisciplinary experience in dance and performance infuses her work with a sense of movement and ritual. Her sculptures function as dynamic entities, provoking reflection on female empowerment, self-discovery, and the intricate connections between body, identity, and desire. ...
Newchild was founded by Diego Castaño, Chandler Noah and Sarah Vanwelden in 2020 in Antwerp, Belgium. Newchild serves as a physical and digital platform for established and emerging artists whose practice is defined by conceptualism, narrative and an ambitious technical approach.
Newchild was created to cultivate cross-pollination and meaningful exchange, fostering a collaborative environment for artists to explore beyond their established modes of expression. It curates a regular programme of offbeat exhibitions, participates in art fairs globally and works in close collaboration with foundations and museums. ...
