The Art Newspaper - Sculptor Nyugen E. Smith’s new show in Washington, DC turns discarded objects into art
Sculptor Nyugen E. Smith’s new show in Washington, DC turns discarded objects into art
By Osman Can Yerebakan
Photo credit: Mariah Miranda
“Houses that people had built with remnants of what was left behind spoke
to me about the vulnerability of those many lives,” the artist says. “The
work speaks to rebuilding a life by hand after being forced into a traumatic
situation, but the idea has become more conceptual with mixed-media
drawings in addition to sculptures.”