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Frederika Dalwood, The Protagonist, 2024
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The Protagonist, London, 2025. image Peter Otto
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The Protagonist, London, 2025. image Peter Otto
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The Protagonist, London, 2025. image Peter Otto
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The Protagonist, London, 2025. image Peter Otto
Exhibition
The Protagonist
11 Apr 2025 – 1 Aug 2025
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 45 Davies Street
- London
- W1K 4LX
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bond Street
25 years since the inception of Belmacz, we are delighted & honoured & excited & energised to present a momentous show reflecting on how the expansive project has grown to date.
About
On this 25th anniversary of the incorporation and trademarking of the Belmacz name comes The Protagonist, a refractive group show – the exhibitionary embodiment of what the composite word alludes to. (‘Bel’ from de Maupassant’s Bel Ami, ‘ma’ an abbreviation of the Latin maximus, and the letter combination of ‘cz’ found in Slavic languages).
This show is a response as well as a reference to the prior The Conformist, (co-curated with Paul Kindersley, 23 February – 16 April 2016). The Protagonist refractures glints from our past to the now: it is a space to live, perhaps also an agora. All material sensibilities are allowed in, all visitors are hosted, all options are open.
The Protagonist transforms over its three-month duration, creating transitioning scenes, tableaus and clashes, amplifying the voices of our co-collaborators, constructing reverberations. Like the facets and reflections of the talismans and gems produced in-house, this exhibition is layered, evocative and celebratory.
