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23/7/2015

Grounded

Transition Gallery, London

Grounded is an exhibition of new works by Chloë Manasseh and Jennifer Campbell that brings together their common concerns for travel and transformation within landscape. Traversing the boundaries of the painted image, the works sit in a restless space between the pictorial and the physical, with high regard for the manual application of paint.

Campbell’s practice acknowledges gravity as a symbol of physical presence, with the materiality of her paintings presenting a futile attempt for the image to become real. Each work embodies a temporary identity, with paint lending a flashy surface to the everyday material that she paints on.

Manasseh often omits the horizon completely, leaving the work in a vertiginous state. The upshot serves to destabilize the viewer, implying sensations of being overwhelmed and off balance.

Both artists view physical spectatorship as an activation point for their work. Manasseh plays with the ever-changing relationship between spectator and maker, resulting in a shifting connection between ideas of home, displacement, space and location, whilst Campbell’s work sits restless and eager for the gaze of the audience. Both painters temporarily embody a state of identity within their perceived landscapes, deconstructing, reducing and transforming what they visually perceive on a daily basis.

Image: Jennifer Campbell & Chloe Manasse

Press Contact:
Corinna Spencer, corinna@transitiongallery.co.uk

Opening: Fri Jul 24 6pm

Transition Gallery
Unit 25a Regent Studios
8 Andrews Road, London
Fri - Sat 12pm to 6pm

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