{"title":"Aesthetic Obstruction","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"563\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"403\"\u003eAesthetic Obstruction\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of everyday objects becomes a set of self-sabotaging instruments of beauty.\u003cbr data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"496\"\u003eThey don’t block the world — they interrupt the habit of looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eWhere art usually seduces, this series refuses.\u003cbr data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"615\"\u003eThe forms — once familiar, sentimental, or kitschy — are now distorted, covered, or made excessively beautiful.\u003cbr data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eThe aesthetics chafe; they are deliberately in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003eIn some pieces, money is hidden — cash, a ledger, a seed phrase.\u003cbr data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"855\"\u003eNot as a joke, but as a statement: value literally concealed inside what no one desires.\u003cbr data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"946\"\u003eA baroque vase, a blue deer, a deformed teapot.\u003cbr data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"996\"\u003eWhat’s considered \u003cem data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1020\"\u003eugly\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003einsignificant\u003c\/em\u003e becomes the safest place for value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1236\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1102\"\u003eAesthetic Obstruction\u003c\/em\u003e is not destruction but protection —\u003cbr data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003ea quiet strategy in which beauty and security trade roles.\u003cbr data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1202\"\u003eWhen systems fail, form remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1294\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1294\"\u003eResearch Trajectory — Between Value and Form\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1640\"\u003eMy practice moves between two frontlines: the economy of belief and the aesthetics of resistance.\u003cbr data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1396\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1412\"\u003eFinTech Art\u003c\/em\u003e, I explore how systems define value — through money, code, and trust.\u003cbr data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1485\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1511\"\u003eAesthetic Obstruction\u003c\/em\u003e, I turn that lens inward, asking what happens when form itself becomes a system — one that manipulates, protects, or deceives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1910\"\u003eBoth collections are part of an ongoing investigation into how art can expose the quiet mechanisms that shape our sense of security, beauty, and worth.\u003cbr data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1796\"\u003eEach object is a test — of visibility, ownership, and faith, and of the thin line between function and illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1915\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1917\" data-end=\"1943\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1943\"\u003eArtist’s Reflection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"2059\"\u003eFor me, this research is not about answers but about endurance —\u003cbr data-start=\"2009\" data-end=\"2012\"\u003eabout how meaning survives when systems fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2061\" data-end=\"2083\"\u003e— \u003cem data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2083\"\u003eAnnelies Nuy, 2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0135\/7080\/1764\/collections\/ChatGPT_Image_7_nov_2025_06_54_08.png?v=1762495226","url":"https:\/\/anneliesnuy.com\/collections\/aesthetic-obstruction.oembed","provider":"Annelies Nuy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}