{"product_id":"truth-what-cannot-be-erased-in-dialoog-met-kara-walker","title":"TRUTH  What Cannot Be Erased in dialoog met Kara Walker","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"119\" data-start=\"53\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"86\" data-start=\"53\"\u003eTRUTH — What Cannot Be Erased\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"89\" data-start=\"86\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"119\" data-start=\"89\"\u003eIn dialogue with Kara Walker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"278\" data-start=\"121\"\u003eA wearable sculpture containing a fragment of blue-and-white ceramic, set within an irregular gold structure. The fragment remains incomplete and unrestored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"355\" data-start=\"280\"\u003eGold does not function as luxury, but as a frame that reveals what remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"588\" data-start=\"357\"\u003eThe ceramic refers to objects that circulated through early global trade routes, entangled with systems of power, extraction, and colonial history. Within the ring, the fragment exists simultaneously as object, artifact, and trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"722\" data-start=\"590\"\u003eThis work shifts the meaning of value: not the material itself, but what the object carries — history, memory, and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"885\" data-start=\"724\"\u003eIn dialogue with Kara Walker \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/admin.shopify.com\/store\/apronstudio\/content\/articles\/1002203185482\"\u003e(Blog)\u003c\/a\u003e, the work exposes the tension between refinement and violence. What appears decorative is inseparable from structures of inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"959\" data-start=\"887\"\u003eHandmade, unique, and part of \u003cem data-end=\"958\" data-start=\"917\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/anasaea.com\/viewExhibition\/69afa7ff0bb925f399ee2344\"\u003ePost-Colonial Gold  immerrsive expo\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"983\" data-start=\"961\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"983\" data-start=\"961\"\u003eRead more .....\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"983\" data-start=\"961\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"116\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"116\"\u003eTHE OBJECT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"434\"\u003eThis wearable sculpture incorporates a fragment of black blue-and-white ceramic, embedded within an irregular gold structure. Only a small portion of the original image remains visible. The fragment is neither restored nor completed, but presented in its current state: incomplete, exposed, and historically charged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"439\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"465\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"465\"\u003eMATERIAL AND CONTEXT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"645\"\u003eIn this work, gold does not function as ornament or a signifier of luxury. It operates as a structural element that frames the fragment and directs attention toward what remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"919\"\u003eBlue-and-white ceramics played a significant role in early global trade networks, circulating along the same routes as gold, resources, and people. The aesthetic value of these objects cannot be separated from the economic and colonial systems that enabled their movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003eWithin the ring, the fragment simultaneously operates as object, historical artefact, and material trace of these circulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1053\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003eCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1233\"\u003eFor centuries, gold functioned as a measure of power, wealth, and imperial expansion, sustained through systems of extraction and colonial exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1458\"\u003eThe project \u003cem data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1267\"\u003ePost-Colonial Gold\u003c\/em\u003e redefines this function. The emphasis shifts from the intrinsic value of the material to the layers of meaning the object carries, including history, collective memory, and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1463\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1483\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1483\"\u003eINTERPRETATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1614\"\u003eObjects are often perceived as neutral or decorative; however, many are embedded within complex networks of power and inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1804\"\u003eBy isolating the ceramic fragment within a gold structure, this work renders these underlying layers visible. It does not attempt to resolve them, but instead presents the tension as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1809\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1843\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1843\"\u003eIN DIALOGUE WITH KARA WALKER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"2108\"\u003eThe work can be read in relation to the practice of Kara Walker, who examines how visual culture carries and reproduces the structures of colonial history. Her work demonstrates how aesthetic refinement can coexist with representations of violence and domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2325\"\u003eSimilarly, this wearable sculpture operates within that tension. The fragment retains a decorative quality, yet its presentation within gold shifts attention toward the systems that enabled its original circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2327\" data-end=\"2330\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2332\" data-end=\"2375\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2332\" data-end=\"2375\"\u003eWITHIN THE PROJECT \u003cem data-start=\"2353\" data-end=\"2373\"\u003ePOST-COLONIAL GOLD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2377\" data-end=\"2600\"\u003eEach wearable sculpture within the series is associated with a human value. In this context, gold no longer functions as a measure of worth, but as a means of revealing what has historically been overlooked or marginalised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2602\" data-end=\"2659\"\u003eAcross the series, value shifts from material to meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2661\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2687\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2687\"\u003eARTIST REFLECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2689\" data-end=\"2812\"\u003eThe fragment is not restored and remains intentionally incomplete. Gold is not used to repair, but to emphasise and expose.\u003cstrong data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1221\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2643\" data-start=\"2568\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/anneliesnuy.com\/collections\/post-colonial-gold-a-counter-archive\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover all 9 wearable sculptures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2643\" data-start=\"2568\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/anasaea.com\/viewExhibition\/69afa7ff0bb925f399ee2344\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVisit the immersive expo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2643\" data-start=\"2568\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/anasaea.com\/viewExhibition\/69afa7ff0bb925f399ee2344\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0135\/7080\/1764\/files\/SOFT_OPENING_3.jpg?v=1776165397\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"168\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1905\" data-start=\"1756\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1765\" data-start=\"1756\"\u003eTags:\u003c\/strong\u003e #WearableSculpture #PostColonialGold #SculpturalRing #ArtAsObject #GoldReconsidered #RepairAsMeaning #MonumentalMiniature #MaterialAsMemory \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annelies Nuy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61274562888010,"sku":"PG-001","price":5725.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0135\/7080\/1764\/files\/IMG-2947.jpg?v=1776261273","url":"https:\/\/anneliesnuy.com\/products\/truth-what-cannot-be-erased-in-dialoog-met-kara-walker","provider":"Annelies Nuy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}