The Radar: Amanda Moström, Henry Belden and Bo Sun
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In our monthly series, The Radar, we ask quick-fire questions to artists we’ve got our eye on. This roundup spotlights Amanda Moström, Henry Belden and Bo Sun
Henry Belden, La Di Da, 2024, Cyanotype on cotton
Amanda Moström
Amanda Moström, Wet is smoke, 2022, bronze
Swedish artist Amanda Moström currently lives and works in London. Moström straddles intersections of object making, photography and sites of interaction. Working with a range of materials that encourage playfulness, her practice often takes the form of installation and explores her desire to create spaces for exchange.
Age: 32
Location: At a farm in Ålbo, but most of the time in south London
Last dream you had: A few days ago I dreamt that me and my partner Lucas were having a fight, he was drunk and vile and I was really upset with him (he’s sober). I don’t know what the actual argument was about but it was fiery. I found him drunk in the bedroom in this real pompous old school American/Parisian flat (am watching Mad Men atm). We then got into a fight and were wrestling (I’m looking after my three year-old old nephews a lot atm so that’s a reference + kittens wrestling too). The wrestling fight ended and Lucas broke up with me and the last thing he said before I woke up was “I’m no longer with you and I’m now in an open relationship with Trudy”. End of dream
Favourite exhibition: Recent ones include Donna Dennis, ‘Houses and Hotels’ at O’Flagerty’s and Coumba Samba, ‘FIFA 2024’ at Cell Project Space
Favourite object you own: A painting by Koji Yamaguchi
Favourite art-world Instagram account: I don’t have one
Favourite movie: I watched Saw (2004) the other day and that is definitely not it, but I do love Tampopo (1985)
Favourite artwork: Hoochie Koochie by Trajal Harrell is forever printed in my head as a happy place, and right now I’m particularly in love with Ebun Sodipo’s Mylar Epoxy resin prints
Loves: Salt and butter
Hates: Equally scared/fascinated/devastated by fascism and how we can’t escape it!
End-of-year goals: Successful residency applications!! Please!
Amanda Moström, 'Prosit', 2023, Pennie’s fleece, wood, UV printed aluminium, velvet
Amanda Moström, 'Teeny (1)', 2023, silver-plated bronze
Amanda Moström, 'Sucking ice', 2023, Bottles, water, zip ties, silver-plated bronze
Amanda Moström, 'Don Joy: Snog, Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall', 2022, Giclée print, framed
Henry Belden
Henry Belden and Kye Christensen-Knowles, Two Men, 2024, Cyanotype, acrylic and marker on canvas
Michigan-born, New York-based artist Henry Belden trained as a printmaker. His recursive, collagist approach to image construction borrows from the artistic traditions of modernity. Belden focuses on questions of surface, themes of desire and representation, and the internal form of an artwork. Compulsively produced, his work encourages a psychoanalytic reading.
Age: 31
Location: New York City
Last dream you had: I’d have to tell you in person
Favourite exhibition: Hardy Hill’s ‘Now it’s dark and there’s somebody in it’ at CASSIUS&Co.
Favourite object you own: My phone
Favourite art-world Instagram account: I don’t know…
Favourite movie: Recently it’s The Queen (1968), but my real answer is probably The Ring (2002)
Favourite artwork: Swamp, the 1971 film by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
Loves: Love, Miami
Hates: Hate
End-of-year goals: Finish writing my novella, get more flexible and out of debt
Henry Belden, 'Untitled', 2022, Charcoal on linen
Henry Belden, 'Couturier', 2022, Framed collage in resin
Henry Belden, 'Invert', 2024, Cyanotype on cotton
Henry Belden, 'Silver, Marylins, Scissor', 2023, Collage in resin, pewter tray
Bo Sun
Bo Sun, Peduncle in Disarray, 2023, Aluminium, resin, metal fixtures
London-based Chinese artist Bo Sun explores the fusion of anatomy and mechanics in the post-humanist age. Using materials like aluminium, perspex, and metal fixtures, he crafts biomorphic shapes that defy expectations. Bo’s work redefines the relationship between natural bone structures and manufactured objects, drawing inspiration from exoskeletons and industrial design patterns.
Age: 26
Location: London, UK
Last dream you had: I had a ‘Watermelon Meltdown’ flavoured vape (I don’t even vape)
Favourite exhibition: ‘My Head is a Haunted House’ curated by Charlie Fox at Sadie Coles
Favourite object you own: A knock-off version of Jeff Koons’ balloon dogs humping
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @artreviewpower100
Favourite movie: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) directed by Jim Jarmusch
Favourite artwork: I think you’re wrong to want a heart, 2021 by Isaac Lythgoe
Loves: Unusual furniture, art memes, morning cigs, LEGO, cold air
Hates: Visa issues, unreasonably delayed responses, unpleasant smells, feeling unwell health-wise
End-of-year goals: To make bigger work
Bo Sun, 'Hairpin', 2024, Aluminium, resin, guitar strings, metal fixtures
Bo Sun, 'Loom', 2023, Aluminium, resin, metal fixtures
Bo Sun, 'Creeper', 2024, Aluminium, resin, metal fixtures
