Shsu Collection

Nic Nicosia’s bronze sculpture, a big thank you, presents a larger-than-life human figure, taking an exaggerated bow. The posture is difficult to interpret, seeming both theatrical and performative, but also expressing humility and grace. Nicosia states that he hopes viewers make connections between the sculpture and activities in the nearby Recreational Sports building. He hopes the sculpture calls to mind the strength, beauty of motion, and performance of an athlete. 

Nic Nicosia lives and works in Dallas, Texas. He is considered a pioneer of the staged photographic movement prominent in the early 1980’s but has increasingly turned to sculpture in his artistic practice, bringing the figures of his photographs into three-dimensional space. Nicosia’s work is included in the collections of The Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Whitney Museum, The Los Angeles County Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Nasher Sculpture Center, The Dallas Museum of Art, The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and The Contemporary Austin, among others.