Poppy Whatmore

8-9 Dover Street London W1S 4LF
PV: Friday, 1st November 2024
Open: 9th November – 29th November 2024

A group of fourteen artists, predominantly sculptors with cross-disciplinary approaches from a diverse age group, with recently graduated artists in their early twenties to mid- career artists up to their sixties and a diverse cultural background.

Artists include Matt Ager, Kasia Garapich, Hongxi Li, Poppy Whatmore and Danny Young. The group of artists are internationally renowned, exhibiting extensively including Tate Modern, V & A Museum, Royal Academy and Institute of Contemporary Art. Awards including Jerwood Drawing Prize, Arts Council England Grants, Towner Gallery, Aesthetica Art Prize with most artists completing an MA in Fine Art, London.

Several artists have won the Gilbert Bayes award and at least half are members of Royal Society of Sculptors. Artists further teach in London Art top London Art

PUBLIC PROGRAMME
In this former Aston Martin boutique, the group are re-purposing their ‘Art of Living’ strap line as our title. We will create a sculpture exhibition that directly responds to the luxury brand’s former Mayfair site. The display will acknowledge the commercial aspect of the boutique – shelves will sell small works as ‘product’. There will be a focus on larger works as ‘window display.’ The large screen will loop Sophie Cunningham’s ‘Consumption of Beige Bag.’ Within the context of Mayfair, the exhibition engages with the concept of value, the material nature of possessions, and raise questions about our aspirational consumerist society.