Hands on hips, feet apart, head up and tilted to one side, her eyes closed in concentration, Thomas J Price’s monumental, gold-patinated bronze black woman towers over us. Oblivious to our presence and our gaze, she’s spotlit against a dark wall. Stilled in a perpetual moment, it is as if she’s listening to music only she can hear. Based on 3D scans of people Price has encountered in London and Los Angeles, As Sounds Turn to Noise is a portrait of someone who doesn’t exist, but she’s present in every sense, owning the space around her.
