𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝟯: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: Unu Sohn & Linda Zagidulina
(b. 1994, New York) Sohn is a Korean artist living and working in London. Her practice uses ceramics to investigate reality as perceived through touch. She makes abstract sculptures that act as cave paintings born from direct, pure contact of the hand: I am here. In an era of AI generated figures and social media personas, her recent body of work literally reflects embodiment and tension in relation to temporality. Unu Sohn is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, where she achieved her MA Ceramics & Glass in 2022, following a BA Gender Studies degree at UCLA in 2016. Her work has been exhibited internationally including PAD Fair (London), Galerie Joseph (Paris), and David Salkin Creative (Chicago). She is a recipient of Arts Council England DYCP funding (2024) and the Barbican Arts Group Trust award (2023), and was shortlisted for the Charlotte Fraser Prize (2024).
(b. 1997, Moscow, Russia) Zagidulina is a London-based artist, whose practice is focused on performance and sculpture. Her practice looks into mechanisms and systems that produce and sustain care, and its complexity over being nurturing and oppressive. Her works span the bodily extensions that draw on encountering urban and industrial environments as a way for empirical experience, self-expression and coping mechanisms. She holds MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art and BA in Performance Design and Practice from Central Saint Martins.
IMAGES:
1. Unu Sohn, Circumambulation, 2024. Ceramic, bisqueware, cement, and sand, variable dimensions.
2-4. Unu Sohn, Circumambulation (detail), 2024.
5. Linda Zagidulina, Worn Out Embraces, installation view, glazed stoneware ceramics.
6. Linda Zagidulina, Worn Out Embraces (Fucking Hell), 2022.
7. Linda Zagidulina, Worn Out Embraces (Overused Parting Scenarios), 2024.
8. South Open 3, installation view.
𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝟯
18 January - 8 February
Open Thursday - Saturday, 12:00 - 17:00
The Bottle Factory, 12 Ossory Road, London, SE1 5AN
Photography by
@bjdeakin_photography