Installation view at Subtitled NYC, 2022.


Said N’ba N’ga, who lived in certain muddy shallows, among the roots of some protoconifers
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint
31 x 23 x 4 inches



Said N’ba N’ga, whose eyes as round and inexpressive as stones, meet her oblong eyes
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint, glass
28 x 15 x 4 inches



Said N’ba N’ga, as they surfaced and cleft the waters
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint, glass
23 x 14 x 3 inches



Said N’ba N’ga, the land were going to disappear just as they had cropped up
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint, glass
19 x 10 x 3 inches

Said N'ba N'ga
Sculpture
2021

Said N'ba N'ga speculates the ever-evolving transmutation between aquatic and terrestrial life forms, drawn from the paleontologic evidenc­es of the first vertebrates who leave the sea to land in the Carboniferous. The forms allude to residues of interspecies metamorphosis.
© Shuyi Cao 2023