Part of the collection “FinTech Art — Rituals of Value”, also presented in the immersive space 500 Years of Women in Art on Anasaea.
The series examines value as ritual and trust as an aesthetic construct. Money, data, and belief are materialised — not as gesture but as consequence. What remains is a system revealed through what it excludes.
Concept
Two ceramic deer, once made to please, now unfit for decoration.
Considered too sweet, too sentimental — therefore untouchable. Ugliness as camouflage: where desire fades, safety appears.
Inside lies value, unreachable. Not a gesture, but an effect. An aesthetic glitch in the logic that everything must be owned.
Faith Sealed in Clay is not an homage to kitsch, but to strategy.
Artist’s Reflection
Rejected beauty as camouflage. Too uninteresting to steal. Safety is rarely beautiful. — Annelies Nuy, 2025
Technical Details
Specification
Details
Title
Two Bambies as a Ceremony for the Unclaimed — Faith Sealed in Clay
Artist
Annelies Nuy
Year
2025
Medium
Ceramic figurines, sealed with clay
Materials
Vintage ceramic, epoxy, documentation, concealed value
Technique
Sealing, assemblage, performative strategy
Dimensions
Height 15 cm × Width 10 cm × Depth 8 cm (each)
Weight
Approx. 0.8 kg total
Edition
Unique pair — signed and sealed
Price
€ 2 500
Collection
FinTech Art — Rituals of Value
Exhibited
500 Years of Women in Art, immersive space on Anasaea
Documentation & Authenticity
Includes signed certificate and photographic documentation of the sealing process. Opening or breaking the Bambies voids both their market and conceptual value.
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Two ceramic deer as aesthetic camouflage — unattractive enough to protect value. Part of FinTech Art — Rituals of Value by Annelies Nuy, presented in the immersive space 500 Years of Women in Art on Anasaea.
