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By Andia Coral Newton

Chimeras Should Consider the Flame

Hand-woven linen tapestry
Variable (approx 100x100cm)

£1,800.00
About the Artwork

This is a chimera for the ever-changing and overstimulating 21st century. As late-stage capitalism plods on and the climate steadily disintegrates, this human-animal hybrid retreats into her shell and hopes it will all blow over. Chimeras are appealing due to their connection to established folklore as well as more contemporary genres like body-horror. The thought of your own body morphing out of its familiar form expresses sensations around overwhelming loss of control as we experience disease, climate change and global conflict. My chimera questions the viewer’s humanness, their relationship to their own body, and that body’s relationship to its environment.

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Medium: Hand-woven linen tapestry

Year: 2025

Size: Variable (approx 100x100cm)

Ready to Hang: Yes

Chimeras Should Consider the Flame is versatile in the way it can be hung. As it is a tapestry, panel pins can be pushed through the material without damaging it, so it can be hung on a few pins and shaped at the Curator's discretion. Previously, it has been hung flat on a wall, and on a separate occasion wrapped around a pillar.

Andia Coral Newton

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Andia Coral Newton (b. 1998, Croydon) is a London-based artist working with textiles, sound art, and installation. She holds a BA from Goldsmiths, University of London. Newton's work focuses on psychological self-preservation and the relationship between textile-making and gender. She has exhibited in the UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, and Germany. She was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Art Prize (2023) and the StART x MMG Emerging Art Prize (2022). She has curated several projects, including Guild in London.

Hypha Studios Artist: Just a Bunch of String' at Hypha Gallery East Village in 2023

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