Abstract Apartment 1: Itinerant Room 2015

co-curated project

The project Abstract Apartment resulted in two exhibitions in 2015 and 2016. It has been examining the fundamental qualities of abstraction and its ability to react and reflect upon change and displacement. Working from the influence of historical models such as the Bauhaus and the architectural visions of Superstudio this project considers in greater detail the role that artists play in the formation, negotiation and function of living and working space.

Through an ongoing series of installations within a re-purposed industrial building in the East End of London the project reflected on the future purpose and potential demise of the artists studio and explores the itinerant form between studio, workshop, gallery and domestic space, in the backdrop of economic and social change within the city.

Both exhibitions were presented at Deborah House, Hackney, London in Summer 2015 and 2016.

Artists

Phillida Barlow, Steve Bishop, Maria Chevska, Adam Gillam, Oona Grimes, Ross Hansen, Mark Harris, Ansel Krut, Bob Matthews, John McLean, Jost Munster, Peter Peri, Michael Samuels, Amba Sayal-Bennett, Martina Schmid, Peter Suchin, Brandon Taylor, Julian Wakelin, Will Yackulic and Aishan Yu. 

Abstract Apartment 2: 2016

co-curated project

Artists

Phillip Allen, Steve Bishop, Peter Fillingham, Amy Green, Mark Harris, Vincent Hawkinst, Ansel Krut, Bob Matthews, Clunie Reid,  Michael Samuels, Martina Schmid, Eva Stenram, Peter Suchin, Julian Wakelin, Will Yackulic.