The Tomb and The Fountain

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Derelict housing estate provide unique backdrop for emerging artist. In his first solo exhibition in London, Portuguese artist Rui Ferreira presents an installation which celebrates transformation, death and rebirth in a dance between real and imagined, chaos and form. Featuring large-scale architectonic elements built from found wood, assembled objects and enigmatic photographic prints. Myths and classical narratives are combined with perambulations in cemeteries, gardens and domestic spaces, as newly-dreamed narratives emerge. Hotel Elephant Gallery is housed in the old surgery in the heart of the Heygate Estate, Elephant and Castle. Described recently as a ‘brutalist Versailles', this 1970's utopian dream of post war social housing, now derelict and empty provides a unique backdrop for emerging artistic talent.