After 12 full weeks my largest installation to date, ‘Descended: An Unsettling End’ will be coming down, a huge thank you to everyone over at. @thesmallestgalleryinsoho for the opportunity and support!
‘Descended : An Unsettling End’ was a huge undertaking for me to create but really allowed me to stretch out into a new way of working and really explore both the subject and media. I can’t wait to explore this further and see what comes next!
The latest installation @thesmallestgalleryinsoho is by artist @michaelhenleyart with his work ‘Descended - an unsettling end’. Following directly from Henley’s solo exhibition in late 2021 and expanding from the installation piece ‘Descended’, which draws from human and animal forms alongside visual cues from the Vanitas movement and classic Baroque Painting. He seeks to communicate the transience of organic matter, animals and bone in a state of constant metamorphosis. The heavily worked graphite pieces are layered and coupled with a light source with the aim to create translucent pillars or trees (in this case) that seem to be etched with the images and stories.
February 2022 – April 2022
Venue @thegaragesoho - 62 Dean Street, W1D 4QF London
Managers & Curators @philiplevine & @a_m_da_costa
Lighting Design @Syntaxlighting