South Parade presents a new multigenerational group exhibition.
South Parade is delighted to present a multigenerational group exhibition bringing together both contemporary and historical works: A separate place between the thought and felt opens 10th August - 28th September. This exhibition presents work from across the 20th and 21st centuries, with paintings by Andrew North, Motoko Ishibashi, a sculpture by esteemed Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas, works by Tuulani Hlalo, Rosa Klerkx, Tom Hardwick-Allan, all new work by Judith Dean, Peter Brock, Katie Shannon, and rare works by 20th century artists Dorothy Mead and Gillian Lowndes.
A separate place takes its title from the first line of The Corridor, a poem by British-born, American, beat-poet Thom Gunn (1929–2004) in which a peeping tom watches a clandestine affair through a keyhole, becoming increasingly aware that he too is being sensed - even though he remains unseen. The Corridor becomes a location of existential awareness which, just moments before, had been featureless and bland.
The exhibition transforms the viewer into the voyeur, existing in places they aren’t supposed to be, bearing witness to affairs they aren’t supposed to see. Against the gallery’s clean, white walls, the wandering eye clings to work like BBT_3 by Motoko Ishibashi; the provocative painting depicts a pair of in-your-face cartoonishly large breasts. Not all the work in A separate place is so explicit, it also includes a delicate sculpture by radical post-war ceramicist Gillian Lowndes, and a rarely-seen gestural still life by 20th Century painter Dorothy Mead.
This group show combines artists who’ve worked across the past century, from across continents, with work that inspects our sense of belonging in a space.
On the evening of 16th August, South Parade will also be host to New Work, an evening of live readings by The Sugar Factory founder Isis O’Regan, and author Rachel Connelly, in the oratory-esque courtyard of Griffin House. Guest readers to be announced very soon
Listings
A separate place between the thought and felt: 10th August - 28th September 2024
Venue: South Parade, Griffin House, 79 Saffron Hill, London, SE57TT
Wednesday – Saturday (12—6pm) and by appointment.
Further Information: Exhibitions — South Parade