Emanuel von Baeyer Cabinet presents Nicole Wassall: I wish this wasn't Silver plated - a new display.
We are delighted to present a new editioned piece by Nicole Wassall, inspired by a work first conceived over a decade ago. I wish this wasn't Silver Plated - an edition of 5. This work has been created in direct response to current economical and political turbulence. Working in collaboration with Fiumano Clase, I wish this wasn't Silver plated will be on display at our gallery space, 18 Cecil Court from the 25th September - 16th October 2026.
A disembodied wooden hand, painted black, is mounted high on the wall, its fingers curled as though animating something just beyond view. From its grasp, fine threads drop three silver forms - a crescent moon and star, a Star of David, a cross — the emblematic shorthand of the three Abrahamic faiths, held together in a single, suspended constellation. Rather than dwelling on division, the piece finds a quiet hope in proximity: the symbols hang side by side, moved by the same hand, catching the same light, casting shadows that overlap and blur into one another. In a world where religious and cultural difference is so often used to separate, Wassall's marionette suggests another possibility - that what unites these faiths might be as visible, and as luminous, as what sets them apart.
Drinks Reception.
18 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE
18:00 - 20:00, Thursday 24th September, 2026.
Fiumano Clase hosts Family Saturday.
18 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE
12:00 - 15:00, Saturday 26th September, 2026.
Nicole Wassall in conversation.
18 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE
18:30 - 20:30, Tuesday 13th October, 2026.