In Medias Res is a group exhibition exploring themes of narrative and storytelling primarily through the guise of painting, sculpture and installation. The show features 11 national and international emerging artists.
A view for the locals, spray paint, acrylic on metal gate, 2.5 × 3 m, Temitope Adebowale, 2022View of right sideView of left sideView of doors closedThe Book of Baffles, toilet paper, cardboard from toilet paper roll core, 25 cm x 15 cm, Elina SteinbergsInstallation shot from door after long tunnel, first view into white gallery space.Installation shotInstallation shotÞe Lady Kniȝt, acrylic on canvas, 142 x 88, Caroline Forte, 2022Psyche, watercolor on paper, A1 paper, Minnie Xie, 2022Rained and Rained, diluted acrylic on canvas, 15 x 30 cm and 60 x 45 cm, Temitope Adebowale, March 2021Polaroids of movement of Summit. The painting was moved and photographed everyday by the artist Temitope Adebowale, creating a moving composition, and a way for the audience to tell how long the show has been going.Installation shotInstallation shotCrow Nebula, acrylic on cotton, 20 × 20 cm, Henry Galano, 2022Scrap Sculpture 1, scrap canvas offcuts dipped in plaster, 52 x 55cm, Jacob Sirkin, October 2021View of back. The work was suspended on fishing line, allowing it to rotate either due to viewer interaction, or a slight air current in the room. Each time you entered the room it was in a different position.View including floorInstallation shot showing all work by Jacob Sirkin including all 3 works in show.Installation shotExhibition Continues, LED camping light, blackout curtain, dimensions vary, Jacob Sirkin, 2022Render Painting 1 Covered, scrap canvas, staples, acrylic on stretched canvas, 100 x 120 x 3.8cm, Jacob Sirkin, April 2022Installation shotInstallation shotInstallation shotInstallation shotOak Liquidation 1, iron oak gall and acorn ink on archival paper, A1, Laura Harvey, May – June 2022Tears of the Stars, oil painting and mixed media on stretched canvas, 80 x 60 cm, Wanrong Song, and Secret, oil painting and mixed media on stretched canvas, 40 x 60 cm, Wanrong Song, 2022Installation shotMoth, aluminium foil, metal wire, plastic, 200 x 60 cm, Maris Kononenko, 2022Close-up of MothAnother view of Moth, this time from belowEcho, aluminum Foil, 100 x 100 cm, Maris Kononenko, 2022Close-up of EchoAnother close-up of EchoInstallation shotInstallation shotCherry Bun Nebula, acrylic and oil on cotton, 20 × 30 cm, Henry Galano, 2022Pocket Universe 2, 3D printed black hole, acrylic, 20 x 20 cm, Henry Galano, 2022Pocket Universe 1, 3D printed black hole, acrylic, 27 x 27 cm, Henry Galano, 2022Installation shotSummit (original orientation on day 1), acrylic on MDF and plywood ,1.90 x 0.83 m ,Temitope Adebowale, June 2022Summit (orientation on day 5)Installation shotSummer’s better days, wicker basket, fruit cast in concrete, plastic packaging, plastic table runner, 100 x 100 cm, Elina Steinbergs, May 2022Close-up of Summer’s better daysAnother close-upInstallation shotInstallation shotInstallation shotRed dancer, oil on paper, 30 x 41 cm, Aleks Faust, April 2022Blue Nude, Inkjet print on paper, 45 x 33 cm, Aleks Faust, 2022Glicolaldehído es elle sole diose, painting on canvas, acrylics, oil pastels, spray paint, cement, textile, metals, 200 x 160 x 3.5cm, Kathy Murillo, May 2022Installation shotInstallation shotAlternante, acrylic, ink, charcoal, oil pastel, graphite on canvas board, A2, Kathy Murillo, 2022
In Medias Res
Group exhibition hosted by:
10 Greatorex Street, E1 5NF, London (@greatorexstreet_e1)
5th – 11th July 2022
Open: 10 am – 6 pm everyday
Private view: 8th of July, 6 pm to 11 pm
– suddenly in the middle of the story of art, the climax of which lays in the unknown future. The introduction and the triggering event are nowhere to be seen. Now there comes a series of rising actions, which the character must confront.
The character is neither the viewer nor the artwork but Meaning itself, striving for emancipation from an invisible force. When the viewer encounters an artwork, Meaning is invoked.
In Medias Res is the setting for this narrative that is unfixed in time, unfolding around the viewer. The story covers a broad range of practices, exploring residue, margins, and duality. Representation is experimented with, sometimes through narrative which is lost only to be found later.
Jacob Sirkin 