Contemporary Art with a Rock n'Roll edge!

Home Products Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)
Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)

Naomi Wallens - Too Hot To Handle (Hot Ass Collection)

Free

– Sold Out

Notify me when this product is available:

Sculpture
SOLD
  • Jesmonite cast with spray paint and acrylic
  • Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades Champagne bottle set in glass ice
  • Resin and putty drips
  • Hand gilded in 24 carat gold leaf, finished in a high gloss glaze.
  • 42 x 35 x 23cm
  • Available with bespoke 4mm Perspex Box (51cm H X 40cm W) with white painted wooden base (10mm)
  • Other works from the Hot Ass sculpture collection available to order on request
  • This work ships for free in mainland UK

If ordering framed, please e-mail framing@thearthoundgallery.com after your order, to start your bespoke framing consultation.

This sculpture forms part of the ‘Hot Ass’ range, where the Ass is soooo damn hot – it is melting the Champagne Bottle and Ice around it! Naomi became inspired by the story of Jay-Z, who dropped his favourite Champagne at the time; Cristal over remarks widely perceived as racist in 2006.

In response, he went onto purchase Armand de Brignac in 2014 and now the famous Ace of Spades gold bottle has become synonymous with supreme luxury. As homage to Jay-Z, each of the Hot Ass Sculptures feature some of the Artist’s lyrics. The It’s Hot Sculpture is a Vibe in itself - a truly unique show stopper, that will make a statement in any interior.

 

NAOMI WALLENS

Naomi Wallens is a British contemporary multidisciplinary artist working with painting, sculpture and photography. Self-taught as a street artist, Wallens is becoming well known in the art world for her provocative artwork exploring the subtleties of societal pressures of conformity and the profound impact this has on our ability to feel connected to our own self.

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman and mother and the experiences of those that she collaborates with, Wallens’ works are unorthodox products of visual story-telling that fight and challenge societal injustices and champion empowerment and love. Wallens pushes her emotional boundaries to become the subject in many of her painted works and directly makes use of the female form using her own body in many of her sculptures to illustrate the stories she sets to tell.

Wallens’ latest work has evolved from containing a strong autobiographical element in examining her own experiences of happiness (and the not so happy ones) to observing human behaviours and emotions within the framework of the society in which we live today, depicting subjects at odds with their often glamorous appearance.

Before launching her career as an artist Wallens followed a conventional academic route, eventually bagging herself a business qualification before embarking on a career in the corporate world. Feeling disillusioned and empty with her pre-conditioned life, this fuelled her ever-rebellious inner self to go on a courageous and often painful journey of self-discovery as an artist.

Operating under her former artistic alter ego SHYGUY, which saw her delve into the world of street art working within the graphic framework of conformity, vulnerability and personal experience, unlocking her passions, an avalanche of creativity soon followed. Wallens went on to build a vast body of design meets art wonders featuring several installations, her own body part sculptures, large scale paintings and an array of alluring Objet D’Art – the collection formed her first solo show ‘Behind Closed Doors’ in 2018.

This was followed in 2020 when Wallens debuted a new collection at Startnet, The Saatchi Gallery in October of that year. Wallens wanted to capture the mood of the World during ‘lockdown’, representing the internal and external battles that many of us have in the modern world to love and be loved for who we are, exploring the effects of societal programming and cultural conditioning, captivating the viewer with soul-stirring intrigue.
The Saatchi Gallery collection showcases a series of glamorous, powerful and iconic Photographic Art pieces, entitled; ‘Race for Beauty’, ‘Artificial Love’ and ‘Save Yourself’, other new works featured in the collection are the ‘Hot Ass’ Sculpture range – paying homage to Wallens’ inner rebel whilst giving her body part sculptures a new and ever evolving narrative and also featuring are some excellent examples of Wallens’ early work as a street artist.

Wallens’ work has now become a firm favourite with international high net worth private art collectors and interior designers alike.

Collections: Naomi Wallens, NEW RELEASES