Current exhibition / March 12 – April 24

Elias Thorne: The Anatomy of Residue

Installation view of The Anatomy of Residue at MCA Fine Art

Thorne explores the physical memory of materials, focusing on the intersection of industrial waste and geological time. This collection presents the first major survey of his large-scale glass cast series in the UK.

The exhibition gathers twelve new works alongside archival sketches, mapping the artist's four-year residency in the derelict foundry districts of the Ruhr Valley.

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Selected works

All twelve
Carbon Trap IV by Elias Thorne
Carbon Trap IVCast lead glass, foundry soot, hand-forged steel baseEdition of 3 + 1 AP
Lithic Surface III by Elias Thorne
Lithic Surface IIICold-pressed bronze, controlled oxidationUnique work

Represented artists

Index
Portrait of Elias Thorne

Elias Thorne

b. 1974, Sheffield

I am not interested in what a material was designed to do. I am interested in what it remembers having done.

Portrait of Mika Nakagawa

Mika Nakagawa

b. 1981, Kanazawa

A print is a negotiation between pressure and paper. I try to lose the argument slowly.