Shoes

Shoes are the format used to explore cultural, social, and personal politics of identity as well as investigate the aesthetics of beauty, and discern the mystique of desire. 


For centuries, people have been captivated by the enigmatic allure of shoes and pushed their creations far beyond a utilitarian covering of one’s foot. Nichols’ shoes can be fragile and tentative yet they have the power of fetishistic objects. They can be misshaped, elongated, or deformed and yet be seductively beautiful. They can be bizarre, cruel, or glamorous with utilitarian and sensuous materials or colors that illicit a visceral response. 


Whatever their venue they evoke desire, indulgence and decadence along with the fantasy and hope of transformation.


Flower Shoe
2008
Aqua-Resin, Paint
10 x 11.5 x 7.5
Morning Glory
2010
Aqua-Resin, Wire
7.25x 16 x 6.5
Peri-Orange Boot
2008
Aqua-Resin, Wood, Paint
17.25 x 15 x 3.25
White Snaky Shoe
2008
Aqua-Resin, White Paint, Patterned Paper
5 x 18.25 x 5
Monster Shoe
2009
Aqua-Resin, Paint
7 x 17 x 7.5
Scorpion Money Shoe
2008
Aqua-Resin, Dollar Bills, Paint
3.5 x 13 x 3
Garden Path
2008
Wood, Paint, Patterned Paper, Wire, Fabric, Found Object
3 x 17.25 x 3.75
Mohawk
2008
Wood, Wire, Patterned Paper, Paint
1.75 x 16 x 3.25
Wood Slipper
2008
Wood, Wire Mesh, Wire, Stain, Colored Earth
2.625 x 13.625 x 7
Black Tack
2007
Aqua-Resin, Black Paint, Cut Tacks, Newsprint
7.75 x 18.5 x 3.5
Bloom
2010
Aqua-Resin, Wire, Paint, Stem
5.5 x 22.5 x 6.5
Monster Too
2013
Aqua-Resin
Shoe Tree
2010
Wood, Paint, Wax
22 x 26 x 16
Rose Leaf Shoe
2009
Wood, Paint, Wax
Ms. White in the Garden
2009
White Sheet Plastic
22 x 26 x 16
Green Shoe in Box
2005
Wire, Green Paint
5.25 x 13.25 x 4
Long Yellow
2007
Wire, Fabric, Glass Heart
6 x 38 x 3.75
Happy Spin
2007
Wire
7 x 27 x 4.5
Happy Spin
2007
Wire
7 x 27 x 4.5
Curley-Q with Box
2004
Wire, Wire Mesh
6 x 21.5 x 5.75
Diaz Flower Shoe
2008
Aqua Resin, Fabric, Paint