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Stuart McKenzie: Everything in its Place

Sunday 29th October 2023 , 12:00am to 5:00pm

A pop-up exhibition of work by Stuart McKenzie inside Bow Arts’ Camden studios, curated by Maria Trimikliniotis

The work shown here in this space reflects McKenzie’s own home. It’s also where he makes his work – a doppelganger, almost identical but not exactly – there’s no bed and so nowhere to sleep. A mirror reflection that’s left to right/right to left, leaves us slightly disorientated as to what exactly is the grammar of living and making.

He has been making his work from ‘to-hand’ materials; initially drawings made by inserting ink into deodorant containers and rolling out fluid drawings onto paper. These function as expressions of dystonia, a health condition that affects his movement and are reminiscent of Giacometti’s spindly images.

Since, the deo-drawings have been developed into two series: one of embossed works and the other a series of casts made from soap along with a continuation of his welt receipts / receipt works.

The scale of the works mirror the constraints of working from a small London flat.

The exhibition title references the idea of finding a sort of ‘grammar’ in reflected realities, an overlap of place.

Curator, Maria Trimikliniotis | Supported by Bow Arts

The opening night for this exhibition will be happening on 14 October 2023. By Appointment.

Free Drop in – all are welcome!

About Stuart McKenzie

Stuart McKenzie is an artist, illustrator, poet and musician. His work explores the performance of self through materiality, manifested through painting, poetry, performance and objects. McKenzie has exhibited at TG Gallery Nottingham, MIART Milan, Umwelt Mode Basel, Dinner Party Gallery, Blackwing Studios, Thameside Studios and Transition Gallery London. He was guitarist with band Wild Daughter until they disbanded in 2021. The bands ephemera was show as part of Jim Richards show with Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie in Berlin entitled ‘Internal Litter’ which the band also took as the title for their debut album.

In 2022 McKenzie staged and performed ‘Fictions’ at the Camden Art Centre as part of their Public Knowledge series of events. A publication with Joan Publishing is forthcoming in 2024.

Access Information:

Lift and step-free access is available.

Transport Information  

Nearest train station(s): Euston (Overground, National Rail, Northern, Victoria), Euston Square (Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metroplitan), Warren Street (Northern, Victoria), Mornington Crescent (Northern). 

Bus: 24, 27, 29, 134, 88, 18, 30, 73, 205, 390

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