Nicholas Sullivan
Born in 1987 in Canterbury, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn
Launch of Zine, Limited Edition Print & Objects
Wednesday 07 May 2025 8-10pm
“Molasses Books"
770 Hart St, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Sullivan earned his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, and his B.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA. Recent exhibitions include; Chrysler, C L E A R I N G, New York, NY; Spitting Image, Underdonk, Brooklyn; NY Everblue, International Waters, New York, NY; Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, MX; Make Hay in the Sun, HG, Chicago, IL; NY; Domino, Shoot The Lobster, New York, NY; Comfort Animal, A-L Gallery, Seoul SK; Neu, No Place Gallery, Columbus OH, ; The World Without Us, Brennan & Griffin, New York NY; Gist & Gesture, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL; Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
photo credits Kirstian Laudrup, 2021
“This set of objects combines the pressed steel top of a 1970's VW bug toy with a handbuilt sheet-metal iron. Much like other works of mine that utilize the vernacular form of a stove, an iron is a generator of heat used to flatten or smooth clothing. I like drawing parallels between the way objects generate heat and the way a body does. Similarly, by pulling in the automotive form, the object is complicated with history and the presence of engines (another site of heat and combustion). Using automotive fabrication techniques, including classic body work finishes like body filler sanded back or polishing, I am able to blend the two iconic forms into one. This conflates their inherent reference, history and utility: the 1950s nuclear family, together with 1970's flower power are brought to the present through their collaged identity. When making these sculptures, I was also thinking about art history and these objects' connection to artists like Rosemary Trockel, Merret Oppenheim, Richard Prince's 'Hoods' and of course Man Ray's 'Cadeau'. Although serialized, these objects are unique. Each one is handbuilt with raising and forming techniques, with individual colored body filler application, and a specific hole pattern cut for each base plate.”
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm) SOLD
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm)
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm)
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm)
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm) SOLD
Iron Bug, 2025
Steel, body filler, plastic
4 x 10 x 6.5 inches (10 x 25.5 x 16.5cm) SOLD
