Drifting Apart, Plaster and ink, 2020

Surface Matters

5 - 7 March 2020, Take Courage Gallery

A group exhibition exploring human connections to space, place and being.​

‘Surface Matters interprets where we find ourselves situated physically, emotionally and culturally. Materiality and the act of making are key to decoding our surroundings and finding a greater sense of connection.

Surface matters exhibits new works by seven UK based artists exploring human connections to space, place and being, in a time increasingly characterised by separation and dislocation.

Each artist uses matter to interrogate personal values and connect inner and outer experiences to give relevance to the unseen in a bid to slice through surface. Selected for their individual responses to physical typography, interior and exterior boundaries, the anthropocene and social representation; their use of making to probe surface creates a dynamic framework for dialogue.

Alex Simpson’s works expose a bodily presence within substance and fragility that radiate from matter.’