LOST FOREVER 17th-30th July at Gallery 223 London
LOST FOREVER is a culmination of ideas and artists who found common ground within the walls of Gallery 223 (London's best kept secret). It is a group exhibition comprising visual and performing art - photography, dance, illustration, painting, video installations and sculpture. - that responds directly to the space.
Artists and performers include, Damien Gallagher, Aimee Willsher, Sejal Parekh, Jesse Richards, Phil Wilson, David Wood, Olivia Edginton and Moi Tran. Lost Forever, in this intriguing and impressing gallery, will be the first time this group have shown together.
A world of: artworks chanced upon in dark nooks; installations, visuals and sounds that are seemingly part of the fabric of the building; physical happenings that work in real-time, seemingly colourful, fun illustrations layered with social commentary. All the works are unified by their un-said and often hidden dark, gritty, all-consuming messages. The intention is to create an immersive and engaging experience using the space itself to enable this. Working in partnership with curator Alex Wood of Gallery 223, the antithesis of the traditional white-walled art gallery answered the calling of the co-curating exhibition organisers Damien Gallagher and Sejal Parekh who were specifically seeking out a space that would inspire themselves and the other artists to respond in their varying formats.
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays 12-7pm, Sundays 12-4pm http://lost-forever.co.uk
Gallery 223, 137-139 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AE