'By the window' was an exhibition presenting work by Heini King and Arabee Beveridge. The window exhibition lasted for a month in May in 2021 while London was gradually opening up and Covid-19 related restrictions were being lifted. It was located in a meanwhile space on 551-557 Finchley Road, London that was then occupied by Uthink pdp, a charity committed to providing affordable studio spaces to artists.
Film: Mungo Benson (@mungofilm)
Music: Paulos Tylsimys (@paulostylsimys)
Photos: Janusz Miarka (@photo_miarka) and Heini King
PRESS RELEASE
4th -31st May 2021
BY THE WINDOW brings together work by Arabee Beveridge and Heini King.
As curator, King wanted to create an exhibition bringing together work born from the year of the pandemic, and to show it while some of the pandemic-related restrictions are still in place.
Arabee Beveridge’s sculptural work ‘Mend Stones’ was created on a beach in the west of England: “The stones were deliberately broken and repaired with tape, as if there were purpose in this act. The deliberate nature of the act of destruction, followed by a hasty, inappropriate mend, tries to point at the oxymoron of the way we exist and our attitudes to self, relationships and planet”. Beveridge is the founder of studio and residency program Aplpip Arts in Dorset.
King explains: “My monoprints and drawings oscillate in a state between inside and outside. The work has been made from direct observation in public places within the past year, inspired by people in movement. In the curation, I wanted to pair figurative drawings with drawings that fall into abstraction and give way to interpretation in a way reminiscent of Rorschach test. The frames were found on London streets and restored for the installation.”
The experiential and sensory nature of the process and the materiality of the finished product connects the pieces gathered for BY THE WINDOW.
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The window exhibition is open 24h/day. During the Private View week (4th May - 9th May 2021 10am-6pm) visitors can get an exhibition guide from Strawberry Patisserie & Cake Shop (565 Finchley Rd).
S T U D I O 551-557 is a gallery project in Uthink Hampstead (551-557 Finchley Rd, London, NW3 7BJ). It is located on street level in a building hosting studios of twenty artists and creatives. The gallery is run by the artists in recidence and it showcases work made by them and their wider networks. Exhibition programme takes experimental approaches to exhibiting and showcasing independent makers' work.