Arranging a Window

About

Opening: Friday 2 February, 6-9pm (all welcome, drinks provided)

Show runs: Saturday 3 February - Sunday 31 March, 9am - 5pm

Venue: 92 Degrees, 96 Hanover St, Edinburgh EH2 1DR

‘Arranging a Window’ is a group exhibition which understands the act of looking as a tactile, textured and layered experience which involves each of the senses, rather than simply seeing with one’s eyes. Each artist explores the poetic arrangement of making through their painting, drawing, collage and performance practices, which come together here to explore themes of perspective, vantage points and concealment.

With sensitive observations of subject alongside a playful and charged handling of material and surface, the thirteen artists present their own sites for viewers to peer into. The motif of a window punctuates the show through elements of overlaid transparency, inner and outer landscapes and a framing of negative space. Layering, inverting, marking, enveloping its subject, ‘Arranging a Window’ explores the potency of the artist’s hand as an instrument for initiating new ways of seeing. It invites viewers to delve into these obscured windows and occupy the spaces they form.

Artists: Maggie Hills, Jemima Jenkins, Ella Markell, Rho McGuire, Billy Moon, Mary Naylor, Nancy Nightingale, Dora Padfield, Sam Sharma, Rachel Stanley, Frannie Wise, Jarvis Woodman, Charlie Yates

The opening will involve a reading by Tessa Berring, who has written a poem in response to the exhibiting artists' work, and a performance by Rho McGuire.

Curators: Jemima Jenkins, Maddie Lennon, Rachel Stanley

Designer: Maddie Lennon

Accessibility: Please note, there is an accessible toilet, but there are a couple of steps into the venue.