We will be hosting a talk before the opening of 𝘼 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 >>>
Curator, Lucy von Goetz will be in conversation with artists, Max Bainbridge, Anna Blom, and Martine Poppe.
Spaces are very limited and on a first come basis, please RSVP to
[email protected] if you wish to attend.
Thursday 21st May
12:00 - 13:30
*The event will be filmed.
𝙈𝙖𝙭 𝘽𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 (b. London) Spanning a material language of wood and metal Bainbridge’s work seeks a grounded presence in the physicality of the sculpted object through his enduring relationship to the natural body of the tree. By working with trees that have fallen where they once grew, his sculptures are a direct and intimate connection to land and place. By shifting the narrative from strength and fertility to that of vulnerability and mortality, each sculpture offers a different lament on what it means to be human, to exist within a fragile and ever-changing ecosystem.
𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙢 (b. Sweden) lives and works in London. Her painting and installation-based practice is a diaristic response to her own environment. It deconstructs the fragile details, the physical and psychological components, of the everyday landscape resulting in observational portraiture. Using collected objects, matter, white noise and writing, poured into unstretched canvas on site of investigation to enhance time and place of production.
𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚 (b. Norway) Poppe’s artistic practice revolves around exploring themes of climate change, ecofeminism, and gender tropes. She pushes the envelope of photorealism beyond the domain of the literal with measured, scalloped brushwork that allows the paintings to be read as abstract compositions. Poppe paints on what she calls “the underskirts of the Old Masters,” using the same specialised fabric that conservators use for restoring fragile Renaissance paintings. Although this translucent fabric may appear delicate, it is designed to be strong and durable. By using it as the support for her paintings, Poppe affirms the power of quiet resiliency as an alternative to more overt representations of strength in art.
