By Shayna Fonseka

Suburban Loop

Polymer clay, sand, MDF, driveway paving blocks, preserved leaves, miniature painting in artist frame
41 x 58 x 2.5 cm

£2,400.00
About the Artwork

IRL. In the city, leaves scatter like confetti, beads shimmer in painted lines and drains catch the glow of passing lights. If you look closely among the rubble and dirt, the city gleans and celebrates joyfully. I love making my art scatter like confetti in the same joyful way I see materials behave in the city. This artwork utilises playful methods of making. Positioned low down, the sculpture asks us to reposition ourselves in order to engage with it fully. You are rewarded for looking carefully, shifting your position, discovering objects that reveal themselves when you move around it.

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Details

Medium: Polymer clay, sand, MDF, driveway paving blocks, preserved leaves, miniature painting in artist frame

Year: 2019

Size: 41 x 58 x 2.5 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

The sculpture is balanced on two driveway bricks. The sculpture is made up of two parts that rest on top of a thin sheet of black painted wood. Clay dots or scattered between the seams to conceal the join. Other hidden elements of the work are positioned (painting, photograph, mirror and leaves), dependent on the site and curation.

Shayna Fonseka

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Shayna Fonseka (b.1994) completed their MFA at the Ruskin School of Art and BFA at Slade School of Art, after obtaining a Foundation Diploma from Central Saint Martins. They were awarded the Erna Plachte Award in 2024 and shortlisted for the Oxford Review of Books Art Award.

Recent exhibitions include ‘ Weather Reports', COCA, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2026) and 'Positions in Contemporary Art: Europe Across Borders', Curated by kollektiv collective, London (2025). Shayna was also exhibited as part of 'Under Archives', SET, London (2025); 'Questions on Drawing', Exvoto Gallery, London (2025); 'Carry on Baggage', Galeria Augustine, Lisbon (2023); and 'Can't Take My Eyes off You', Indigo + Madder, London (2022).

Shayna was featured in Rise Art's 'Curator at Large: Exhibitions to see'.

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