Inspired by the disruptive nature of volcanic eruption and paintings of Vesuvius in the Gallery's Naples collection, Emii Alrai weaves together ancient mythologies, research and nostalgia as a critical response to our times. In this exhibition, River of Black Stone, of new and reimagined works, sculptural objects become artefacts and drawings become maps bringing together […]
Roda Viva (wheel of life), is an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Vanessa da Silva. Drawing inspiration from her Brazilian heritage – family history, music, dance, and legacy of previous artists, the works explore themes of identity, ancestry, destiny, joy and memory. The exhibition, which features textiles, sculptures and works on paper, is centred […]
The paintings in Angela Maasalu’s exhibition Taking Courage seem to belong to the surrealist tradition. Here, the disturbing is presented for enjoyment and analysis
Rosie Gibbens’ Muta is a two-part sculptural presentation. Gibbens' work explores gender performativity and consumerist culture as it relates to the female form, combining an absurdist humour with abject aesthetics.
Tianyue Zhong’s exhibition Between Earth and Tide presents a series of paintings comprised of the unseen and foundational rhythms of landscape and gesture.
Focusing on her rarely seen work from Warsaw, Stories from the Life presents the paintings and drawings of Franciszka Themerson during her time as a student, followed by her drawings of 1933.
Harriet Pozanasky’s multi-disciplinary exhibition Pin Up explores themes of female subjectivity, desire and autonomy through painting, drawing and sound.
Ulrike Müller’s Beside Myself explores her fascination with the production and manufacturing of things through tales, images, patterns and materials produced in good quality by small 20th Century facilities.
Jaki Irvine works across video, installation, photography, music composition, and writing to explore the complex ways we imagine ourselves and the world around us. For Irvine, this process has both philosophical and political dimensions. She weaves real events into films and videos that reflect on the fragmented, mysterious and often absurd nature of the human […]
‘Crackers for Lorelei’ presents a series of colourful oil paintings. The exhibition is supported with a grant from Culture Ireland.
Alia Ahmad’s vibrant, expressionistic paintings draw inspiration from memories and observations of her native Riyadh; informed by local textiles, poetry, calligraphy, digital graphics and the rich diversity of the surrounding industrialised desert landscape and plant life.
Sue and Terry Atkinson's exhibition combines drawings and paintings with a prescient relationship to current geopolitical events. The work of both artists have focussed on overtly radical subject matter since the 1960s, with the potency of their work becoming stronger over time.
Ella Kruglyanskaya's show 'Shadows' will assemble a group of new paintings that explore the nature of artistic influence and the enduring conversation about the future of painting. Kruglyanskaya’s monograph, Too Much, has been published to coincide with this exhibtion.
Claudia Pagès Rabal’s practice intertwines words, bodies, music, and movement. Five Defence Towers, a new moving image commission, tells a tale of surveillance, control, settlement, and refuge across five acts.
Daria Blum works across video, music, text, photography, installation and performance. This show is based on her reflections on the role of the live performer, and her own attempts at deflecting and withdrawing from the audience’s gaze and attention.
Debjani Banerjee’s exhibition, Jalsaghar, is an intricate exploration of identity, culture, and heritage. The exhibition navigates themes of cultural migration and the evolving nature of identity.
From Light, includes 18 new paintings created specifically for the gallery. The title reflects the centrality of light in both Watt’s work and that of Sir John Soane, the architect of Pitzhanger, in harnessing light to shape space and create atmosphere. For Watt, light is the ‘very substance of painting’, while for Soane, it defined […]
In her exhibition, The Book of Flowers, Agnieszka Polska uses cinematic storytelling and affective technologies, to address the perpetually negotiated relationship between human and technology. She examines the processes that mutually influence and legitimate this relationship in language, history and consciousness.
In Navigator, Divine Southgate-Smith magnifies archival photographs to the point of dissolution. It is an exhibition about movement – the movement of history, memory, and ideas across time.
The Opening of a Crisp Packet is a show about storytelling and an installation of new ceramic works by Alma Berrow.