Suspended from the ceiling of Arcadia Missa’s brightly lit London gallery, Nnena Kalu’s sculptures radiate joy and energy, creativity and colour, and the kind of promise and play associated with a Mexican piñata. For Kalu’s sculptures are not just about what’s visible to the naked eye; they are also concerned with what is carefully concealed from sight. Compactly woven around a central cocoon, an incubated form in which the life of each piece generates, these wrapped works boast a plethora of materials and strands, artistic processes and aesthetic positions.
