(Untitled) Monument
2020

Sculpture
Appx. 72” x 50” x 50”
Sand, mylar


Commissioned by Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary for Outdoors: Let's Social Distance, Together, an exhibition inspired by the Covid lockdown. Untitled (Monument) was a meditation on the inextricable relationship between labor and the flows of capital that had come to a dramatic halt because of the pandemic. Made of 10,000 pounds of sand, bagged into shiny gold 50-pound increments, the sculpture was a six-foot high pile installed on a loading dock to underscore the stillness of the moment.


Installation view
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Nancy Nowacek artist is a research-based artist, designer, and educator working in visual art, public art, social practice, and socially-engaged contexts.