We’re delighted to see the latest exhibitions across the three new gallery spaces at 1 Poultry, delivered in partnership with Hypha Studios and Cheapside Business Alliance.
There’s still time to discover the latest rotation of the exhibitions at 1 Poultry, in place until 18th April. The latest exhibitions bring new energy and creativity to the spaces:
Gallery 1: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, curated by Maria Hinel
- Envisioning the possibilities of animal resistance against human abuse, this exhibition invites audiences to consider the lives of animals as sentient beings capable of communication, organisation and even vengeance.
- Dismantling the vision of non-human animals as voiceless and inert, the works in different ways grant them a space to act – to signal their unrest, seek freedom and express grievance.
Gallery 2: Metafictions of Post-Post-Postmodern, curated by Louis Pohl Koseda
- Curated by Louis Pohl Koseda, the recent Christie’s Award winner, the show features over 20 groundbreaking new artists living and working in London. These artists are key figures in the emergent movement, transcribing the city’s cultural codes.
- The show, titled ‘Metafictions of post-post-postmodern’, repositions space to become a postmodern cathedral for central London, drawing from the building’s initial design.
Gallery 3: Wicked Painting, curated by Harriet Horner
- Wicked Painting is a group exhibition showcasing contemporary painters who delve into the shadowy, the seductive, and the strange.
- Bringing together eight emerging artists whose work traverses personal mythology, dark humour, the monstrous, and the liminal, the exhibition explores the layered meaning of “wicked” – at once alluring and transgressive, potent and possessed. These artists mine the emotional and symbolic depths of the subconscious, drawing on archetypes, folklore, memory, and pop culture to reveal what lies beneath the surface of the self.
Cheapside Business Alliance is proud to celebrate this initiative and we encourage everyone to visit and experience the exhibitions for themselves.
Cover photo credit: Carlos Zambon