Squares and Triangles 20 September - 9 October 2022

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Squares and Triangles


20 September - 9 October 2022

Private View:
Wednesday 21 September 2022, 6-8pm

Fitzrovia Gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London W1T 5EN
Squares and Triangles is a joint exhibition in two parts.

Members of the Kingston-based artist collective KAOS invited artists from their twin town in Germany to respond to London's creative heritage, in particular the artists, writers and thinkers who defined Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury over centuries and across borders.

Initially conceived in 2020 and disrupted by the global pandemic, the exhibition opens with a first instalment by KAOS members. The delay provided artists with an opportunity to rediscover the squares and street corners without distraction, to physically retrace the steps of poets and musicians and to relive personal memories.

The resulting works are as varied and colourful as the historical references that inspired them.
 
"They lived in squares and loved in triangles."
Dorothy Parker

From capturing the area's bohemian past in painting, drawing and collage, to celebrating its avant-garde heritage with traditional and digital printmaking, the exhibition reflects the lasting influence Bloomsbury poets and the free spirits of Fitzrovia have on today's artists who are no longer able to afford to live and work at these postcodes.
Caroline Calascione | Ikuko Danby | Hanna ten Doornkaat | Leo Duff | Annamarie Dzendrowskyj | Christiane Haag | Skye Holland | Buffy Kimm | Annie Leach | Fiona Masterton | Jillian McLaren | Loraine Monk | Peg Morris | Rachel Pearcey | Gunter Paul Pueschel | Yulia Robinson | Sue Roe | Caroline Sayer | Christina Schek | Terance Sweeney | Valerie Timmis | Richard Tomlin | Frankie Whtiaker | Jude Wild
Part one of Squares and Triangles with works by artists from Kingston will run from 20 to 30 September, followed by part two with works by artists from Oldenburg from 2 to 9 October.

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