178 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
For this issue of Vogue Singapore, Nick Hornby creates a sculpture using a photograph by Louie Banks. He brings his unique perspective to combusting preconceived notions of stone, paper and the idea of the artist himself.
Romancing the Stone
In combining elements as diametrically opposed as a heavy block of stone and a whisper-thin photograph, the analogue and the digital, sculptor Nick Hornby plays with abstract artistic ideas first formed centuries ago. But, he says, in developing a more intimate grasp on his practice, he’s become cognisant to the importance of dispelling the false myth of the ‘lone artist’ figure. Whether it’s in co- authoring a work with another artist, collaborating with models like Jazzelle Zanaughtti or gathering a team to move a large piece of marble from one place to another, collaboration is inherently native to the process of sculpture.
Nick Hornby at work in his London studio. Turn to the last page to see Hornby’s original work for Vogue Singapore inspired by this issue’s theme of perspective.
