Gateway to the World
curated by William mclucas and James Reynolds
107 High Street, Sugar House Island, Stratford, E15 2RB
PV: Thursday, 12th December, 6 – 9pm
Open: 13th December 2024 – 18th January 2025, Thursday – Sunday, 2 – 7pm
Holiday Closing: 21st December 2024 – 2nd January 2025
“The marshes by the River Lea provided ample room for industry. The river was navigable and furnished power for a group of tidal mills which were already important in 1066, and during the next seven centuries served industries as diverse as calicoprinting, paper-making, distilling, and gunpowder manufacture.”
The exhibition title references a 1936 promotional pamphlet distributed by the Borough of West Ham—‘West Ham: London’s Industrial Centre and Gateway to the World’—published at a time when the area had already entered an industrial decline.2 This group show brings together 8 artists to engage archivally with the history of the immediate Stratford-Bow area as well as to examine the socio-spatial restructuring that has accompanied deindustrialisation.
Luca Klauba
Aluminum track and studs, 4mm polycarbonate
Kate Harrison
Greyboard, heavy duty adjustable levelling feet, timber, pinhole photographs
Georgia Germani
cumulus 7, cumulus 5, cumulus 1, cumulus 1, cumulus 4 2023
Graphite on paper
William McLucas
Bow porcelain coffee can ca. 1765, glass, aluminium
Gabriele Ciulli
“Safety Drive” 2024
High temperature pipefitting layout ruler, glass clip frames
Luke Parry
“simstim” 2024
29:33 audio, horn speakers, amplifier, mp3 player, fasteners
Luca Klauba
walker (I & II)
Archival prints in reclaimed stud frames
2024
Luke Parry Gen
2024
Gabriele Ciulli
Lifted anti-static floor tiles, found objects
james reynolds
Misprinted polypropylene protection board
Artists
Georgia Germani
Kate Harrison
Luca Klauba
William McLucas
Luke Parry
Lily Petch
james reynolds
Private view images
Installation images
contact information
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