Immaterialism

Curated by Anna Higgins

Motunrayo Akinola / Gavin Bell / Matthew Berka / Dirk de Bruyn / Kira Freije / Margarita Gluzberg / Anna Higgins / David Noonan / Peles Duo

2nd - 3rd December, 2023

Motunrayo Akinola, Turari, Metal wire, linen, oils, smoke, 2022

Matthew Berka, Aftersong, 16mm shown as video, 10 min, 2023

Peles Duo, tool of tools (blue double pinch) 2023, Painting and print on pigmented Jesmonite, 70cm x 49cm

Dirk de Bruyn, Trace of a trace of a trace, 16mm shown as video, 4 min 50 sec, 2023

Gavin Bell, Rooms in shapes of shadow, 2023, Pencil, graphite, watercolour, oil, paper, found and modified mount board, acrylic frame, screws, 646mm x 496mm x 34mm

Gavin Bell, Event, Day anatomy, 2023, Pencil, graphite, oil, paper, newsprint, glue, solvent transfer, found and modified mount board, acrylic frame, screws, 646mm x 496mm x 34mm

Gavin Bell, Event, Event, 2023, Pencil, graphite, oil, paper, found and modified mount board, acrylic frame, screws, 646mm x 496mm x 34mm

Motunrayo Akinola, With these hands I…, 2023 Belfast sink, consecrated salt, water, 2023

Anna Higgins, Love Theme ,2023, Multiple exposure positive film on Somerset Paper, archival varnish, 129cm x 179cm

Kira Freije, August, 2023, Stainless steel, 38cm x 17cm

Peles Duo, tool of tools (flying hands) , 2023, Painting and print on pigmented Jesmonite, 30cm x 21cm

Margarita Gluzberg, Rotational , Film Experiments (Stalker), 2019, compressed graphite on paper, 145x185 cm

David Noonan, Eclipse, 2023, Liquid pigment on dyed fabric, Artist frame, 57.5 x 42 x 4 cm

The atheist stands before the vast door beyond which lies eternity. It is open a crack, but he refuses to push at it. The materialist stands before the opalescent door behind which the spirit moves. It is open a crack, but he shrugs and declines to look inside. “It’s probably nothing.”

Immaterialism, Quentin S. Crisp, from Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos, 2021

Immaterialism brings together artists whose work, through ritual, intuition, or process aim to use materials to evoke the immaterial realms of memory, spirituality or the ineffable. Rather than immaterialism relating to artwork that is ‘de-materialised’ or does not have a significant physical presence, this show brings together artists who use matter and materials to conjure immaterial ideas. The exhibition includes painting, work on paper, photography, film, sculpture, and performance exploring the relationship and resonances between disparate practices.