FRAN COTTELL
FLOOD
pv Saturday 6th June 2-6pm
Saturday 6th June – Saturday 27th June
Open Thurs – Sat 2-6pm
Previously
Fran Cottell”s first exhibition at PostROOM GALLERY was called BARKING
It took place for one week in July 2023. It consisted of an exhibition of several trees growing up from the floor, through the building, through the ceiling and through the roof. The whole spectacle was an illusion but totally believable. The work drew attention to climate change. The trees are taking over. The work was shocking, daring, very challenging and yet a lyrical space for the imagination to roam.
FLOOD is a new proposition in response to the particular qualities of this gallery/living space and will be for a month. It has a different focus: the space appears to have been dug out below the water line. The projects interpenetrate / permeate / pervade / break down the division of inside and outside space. Following logic –the water like the trees –escaping confines –inside and outside space becoming continuous – levelled. Visitors will be able to descend steps and experience the flood, circulating amongst the domestic debris. Gallery aesthetic meets domestic minimalism – again an illusion but totally believable.
PostROOM, is an ordered and harmonious space. It is positioned in the large newly built extension to a Regency house in Islington in London. It is a member of GCC Gallery Climate Coalition and has been operating since 2021 after having opened originally as
R O O M Gallery in 2007 in Bristol.
It is very important to see this work. A wonderful direct response to the space as Cottell is so brilliant at projects like these as demonstrated by the House Project: Still Live: A Living Occupation (2003-2004). 'The platform ran through the ground floor, like water, negotiating objects and maintaining its level across the uneven floors’ p43 Fran Cottell The House Projects KTpress 2021.
SANDIE MACRAE Director
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