Sophie Nys, Baby Mine (2023)

Sophie Nys

Baby Mine, 2023

Baby Mine is an edition by Belgian artist Sophie Nys (°1974) for Z33. The limited edition is based on the work Fort Patti II.

With ‘Fort Patti II’ Sophie Nys presents a work that is faithful to her playful artistic practice. The artist appropriated a photograph from 1915, which she found shortly after the ‘Occupy’ protests in New York in 2011. The picture was taken during the construction of the Wall Street subway station and shows an old, exposed water pipe, as if it had been documented by an archaeologist. The installation that this inspired features a ceramic tube mounted on two Emeco Navy chairs, developed during WWII by the U.S. Navy. On the tube, Nys has enamelled the sad, blue eyes of Walt Disney’s Dumbo. ‘Fort Patti II’ not only refers to the lack of an archaeological culture in the United States, but also to American imperialism supported by capitalist and militaristic structures.

Publication
Framed 590 euro
Not framed 390 euro
Friends of Z33 10% discount

Four colour silkscreen on Clairefontaine Carta Paper (270g/m2)
50 x 70 cm
Limited edition: 10 + 2 AP
Courtesy of the artist and Greta Meert Gallery