Exhibitions
Grant Foster: Human Made
Human Made is an installation of free-standing, double-sided paintings, that suggest the permeability between memory and dream.
Human Made is an installation of free-standing, double-sided paintings, that suggests the permeability between memory and dream, through an exploration of contemporary social issues, including gender, sexuality, wealth redistribution, and the artist’s own working-class, Trinidadian and British, dual-heritage background.
The exhibition presents two series of joined canvases which run through both of the gallery spaces. Each work is an interconnected component within a wider meta-narrative, employing a conventional painted surface while revealing a notational and diaristic reverse. The exposed backs of the canvases embed elements of text, sculpture, and film, collaged across their hand-made, repurposed timber stretchers, serving to expand the paintings’ interpretive possibilities.
The exhibition presents two series of joined canvases which run through both of the gallery spaces. Each work is an interconnected component within a wider meta-narrative, employing a conventional painted surface while revealing a notational and diaristic reverse. The exposed backs of the canvases embed elements of text, sculpture, and film, collaged across their hand-made, repurposed timber stretchers, serving to expand the paintings’ interpretive possibilities.