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An outside of a house

This was my first solo exhibition in a public gallery space in London. The exhibition was comprised of newly commissioned work: a floor-based and a wall-based relief sculpture, a series of pieces made for the window display space and an online video work. The work and concept of the exhibition was based on my interest in, and research around, fantastical architecture and the relationship of objects to a sense of ground and location.

I was working directly with PEER’s exhibition spaces, exploring the pictorial two-dimensional view of the outside in contrast to an interior sculptural materiality and spatial experience.

A large triangular-shaped floor work and a diagonal slanted wall work, both made from cast, pigmented concrete using a variety of invented low-tech casting techniques, counteracted the rectangular double-setting of the spaces. A series of loosely assembled objects were installed on the large window ledges, working on the intersection between exterior view and interior materiality.

An online video work, a seven minute documentary edit of a residential suburb in Istanbul, was realised via PEER’s website. It was intended to be regarded as a framework for my thinking, locating a taxonomy of reference and wider project beyond the gallery situation.

This dynamic between inside/outside, floor/wall, soft/hard, decoration/function, spatial and online became the narrative for the exhibition.

The exhibition received funding from the Henry Moore Foundation, Elephant Trust and Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment.

An 'In Conversation' gallery talk with Sarah Staton and Phillip Lai, chaired by Ingrid Swenson was held on 18th May 2013. A publication is currently in preparation. The exhibition was proposed for consideration to the Contemporary Art Society Sculpture Fund and received reviews in Art Monthly, Time Out and Guardian Guide. It was featured as Director’s Choice at the Contemporary Art Society.