Through The Looking Glass
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
Through The Looking Glass, a major new exhibition situated in London’s Docklands, brings together 12 female artists within the confines of Building 1000: a corporate profile building on an imposing scale, owned by Standard Life Investments. Set against the towers of Canary Wharf and the City skyline, with a mile-long water frontage, the building’s huge glass and steel façade reflects the water towards nearby London City Airport
While the exhibition title acknowledges Lewis Carroll’s rumination on otherness and imagination, the artists have sought to engage with the specific architectural symbolism inherent in such an environment, still a largely male-dominated arena. The unique ambience of the space with its reflections, water and light, and the accompanying themes suggested therein play a part too, allowing the artists a broad theatre in which to work. Through The Looking Glass presents a snapshot of contemporary female visual language in direct response to the surroundings and offers a stimulating reading of a modern London icon.
Curated by Emma Barnard and Renata Kudlacek / ArtEd
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
She knows, she does not know, 24m Film Strip
Renata Kudlacek 2017
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
Installation Amanda Coach
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
Artists from left to right
Amanda Couch, Kate MccGwire, Ann Harvey, Louisa Mahony, Renata Kudlacek, Hilary Sleimann, Emma Barnard, Stine Ljungdahl, Florencia Durante and Zoe Schieppati-Emery
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
Children’s Art Tour Art work by Zoe Schieppati-Emery
Through The Looking Glass - Building 1000 London
Works by Kate MccGwire - front, Florencia Durante - left, Emma Barnard - right
