Event
Halloween Closing Party • GUISE Collective presents Further From Heaven
31 Oct 2019
Hotel Elephant
London, United Kingdom
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Top Row L-R: Adam Baker, Abbie Davies, Middle Row L-R: Minjoo Kim, Natalie Anastasiou, Bottom Row L-R: Liberty Antonia Sadler, Sonia Wynn
Exhibition
GUISE Collective presents Further From Heaven
18 Oct 2019 – 31 Oct 2019
Regular hours
- Monday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 08:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 08:00 – 18:00
Address
- 5 Spare Street
- London
England - S17 3EP
- United Kingdom
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A curious menagerie of fictional characters emerge, appearing in a state of ecstatic chaos, simultaneously celebrating and mourning; revealing the toxic influence of consumer culture through new modes of painterly portraiture.
About
“In every dream home a heartache
And every step I take
Takes me further from heaven
Is there a heaven?”
Roxy Music, 1973
A curious menagerie of fictional characters emerge, appearing in a state of ecstatic chaos, simultaneously celebrating and mourning; revealing the toxic influence of consumer culture through new modes of painterly portraiture.
Juxtaposing playfulness & pleasures with ominous subtexts, GUISE Collective has brought together a group of artists, each exploring themes of urban loneliness, champagne socialism, indulgence & its consequences.
Challenging the traditional male gaze within painting, ‘Further From Heaven’ celebrates female, genderfluid & non-heteronormative voices in the sphere of contemporary 2D practice.
Transforming a social space into a world of isolated personas, curated to sit amongst the audience during their everyday coffee rituals; GUISE injects the space with private narratives creating a collective conversion of desire & despair.
