Installation view of 'Why be exotic in private?', screen printed wallpaper and paint on marine plywood, digitally printed vinyl on sash windows and painted walls. Sculptures bottom left to right (clockwise) - The Cardozo, Senor Frogs, The Palm and The McAlpin.
Why Be Exotic in Private?
The Foundry Gallery, London, Dec 2018 - March 2019
The exhibition relates to the performative nature of seaside holidaying and the stage set like atmosphere which this pleasure architecture creates. Informed by research into South Beach Miami’s 1930’s ‘Seaside Moderne’ architecture which was inspired by the long sweeping streamlined curves and details of ocean liners and the International Modernist style. Creating a ‘mise-en-scene’, a total artwork from screen printed stage set panels, painted walls, site-specific prints and a collection of research ephemera.
Read more on the Miami Moderne blog here
Supported by Arts Council England, Le Lay Architects, Little Greene Paint Company, The Graphical Tree, Fred Aldous and Art Lab Contemporary Print Studios.
Left to right: 'Senor Frogs', screen print on wallpaper, paint on marine plywood, 'Inside the tropical garden', digital print on vinyl, 'The Palm' screen print on wallpaper, paint on marine plywood.
'The Palm Pink', risograph graph print on recycled paper, A3, edition of 25.
'Inside the Tropical Garden', digital print on vinyl on sash window.
Rear of The Palm sculpture. Top to bottom: Original postcards from 1930’s-1940’s Miami Beach, watercolour drawing on card, reproduction postcard of Miami Beach.
Senor Frogs, Screen print on paper, paint on mdf, 2.2m x 1m
Rear of 'The Cardozo' sculpture. Original die cut promotional booklet of Miami Beach, 1940’s.
Rear of 'Senor Frogs' sculpture. Illustration of the 1933 Tropical Modernist Home from the archive of The Wolfsonian.
Reproduction of postcards from Miami Beach mid war from The Wolfsonian Collection, Miami Beach
Rear of 'The Cardozo' sculpture. Original postcard of The Raleigh Hotel, Miami Beach, c1930’s.