One Foot in the Sky

One Foot in the Sky responds to this intimate yet breathy space. Its location in a garden transitioning through spring to summer, the show considers grounding and connection to the earth. Bringing together artists from around the world, One Foot in the Sky takes its cue from the English countryside to the back streets of Mumbai, and various approaches to looking up: literally, or more metaphorically, through observations, seasons or meditative practice.

Contemplating the ranges of natural expanse, Adam Leef’s painting captures the simplicity of sun, sky, air, and water, a mediterranean rhythm drifting across his canvas. A musicality extends from each stroke, an abstraction melded with feeling that is also present in the work of Lewis Brander. Depicting skies, Brander creates peepholes of sentiment, observational glimpses or windows into nuggets of time. As quickly as they’re formed- a cloud, a colour- they pass. Capturing that sense of flow is the work of Clementine Bruno who articulates gestures. An airy transcendence whispers across the gesso on wood, playing with a sense of trace. Addressing lightness and movement is the adjacent work of Liam Stevens: monotonal, deliberate, meditative, Stevens carves a painterly pocket of tranquility. From airiness to earth, the sculptural work by Yeni Mao draws our attention back to structures, the ground, and its individual histories. Outlining neighbourhood grids in Mexico on the US border where Chinese immigrants lived subterraneously, the sculpture, made of copper, glows, energetically charged both referentially and scientifically.

Curated by Jenn Ellis. Curatorial Assistant: Gabriella Ackerman.
Featuring work by Lewis Brander, Clementine Bruno, Jane Bustin, Alexandre Canonico, Jessica Woo Jung Ghil, EJ Hill, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Adam Leef, Yeni Mao, Amol Patil, Andrew Sabin, Amba Sayal-Bennett, Liam Stevens & Benjamin Cosmo Westoby.