Shallow Lands: Forest and Found
Informality is thrilled to open ‘Shallow Lands’, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with studio practice Forest and Found comprising of Max Bainbridge and Abigail Booth.
'Shallow Lands’ presents a new body of work created over the past year. Both artists look beneath the surface of our natural landscapes to find metaphorical spaces within. In the exhibition, Bainbridge peels apart our conception of trees as a symbol of strength by revealing the nuanced, fragile interior of these complex living organisms, while Booth draws on a hidden language of colour, locked within nature, as she delves into the permeable and psychological underbelly of ancient chalk formations beneath our feet.
Shallow Lands is an exhibition that draws parallels between these hidden worlds and in doing so can expose existing narratives within nature for our future.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Forest and Found, Shallow Lands, Informality Gallery, Installation view 2021. Image Copyright of the artists.
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Phantom Witness, 2021Gesso and reclaimed textile on wood90 x 65 x 12 cm
35 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 4 3/4 in -
Shallow Waters Run Deep, 2021Woad, chamomile, burnt yarrow, shells, chalk, thread and oil on reclaimed textiles150 x 120 x 3.5 cm
59 1/8 x 47 1/4 x 1 3/8 in -
Deadstanding I, 2021Ash wood and brass112 x 70 x 45 cm
44 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 17 3/4 in -
Tarn, 2021Burnished ash15 x 55 cm
5 7/8 x 21 5/8 in -
Crucible, 2021Ebonised spalted beech15 x 50 cm
5 7/8 x 19 3/4 in -
Revenant Being, 2021Oak tannin and thread on reclaimed textiles90 x 65 x 3.5 cm
35 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 3/8 in -
Underlain, 2021Ash wood and brass80 x 300 x 40 cm
31 1/2 x 118 1/8 x 15 3/4 in -
Soft Rock, 2021Excavated ochres (natural spring sites), oil and chalk on gesso panel25.5 x 20 x 2 cm (each panel)
10 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 3/4 in -
Copse, 2021Burnt brown oak75 x 40 x 12 cm
29 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 4 3/4 in -
Small Bodies, 2021Burnt yarrow, chalk, shells, thread and oil on reclaimed textiles90 x 95 x 3.5 cm
35 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 1 3/8 in -
Locked Vessel, 2021Burnt London plane and chalk35 x 50 cm
13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in -
Divine Waters, 2021Excavated ochres (natural spring sites), oil and chalk on gesso panel25.5 x 20 x 2 cm (each panel)
10 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 3/4 in -
Relic, 2021Beech wood155 x 145 x 5 cm
61 1/8 x 57 1/8 x 2 in -
Deadstanding II, 2021Ash wood72 x 44 x 26 cm
28 3/8 x 17 3/8 x 10 1/4 in
