Press Release: Nicola Anthony Shortlisted for the 2020 Sovereign Asian Art Prize

The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) has announced the 31 artists shortlisted for the annual Sovereign Art Prize, now in its 16th edition.  Nicola Anthony’s Poetry Net (I) has been shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, representing Singapore. It is a text artwork a poem cut out of recycled translucent plastic film, turning it into lace-like structures of text, reminiscent of nylon fishing nets.

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A poem about Migration - part of the Sovereign Art Prize shortlisted work 'Poetry Net (I)'

The artwork Poetry Net (I) has been shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize. It is a text-artwork featuring a poem.

The poem represents the sentiments of hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers I have spoken with about how they deal with being without a home, shifting identities, endangerment and battling with a sense of 'otherness'.

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