Taste the Difference Part 2

50 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, London E20
PV Thursday 23rd February, 6pm-9pm
24th February – 10th March 2023
Open Wed-Sun 12-5pm

Loess collective presents “Taste the difference” Pt. 2!  Join us for a continuation of our satirical and playful show, referencing the space’s former occupant – Sainsbury’s. A play on words with the supermarkets luxury food brand, the exhibition title plays subtle reference to the different nationalities, backgrounds and ideas of each artist.

A mixed media show comprising painting, sculpture, performance, installation and multimedia. Come and interact with the works, join us for artist talks and panels, and investigate relationships between invasive species, connecting to our ideas about human migration. Explore socially constructed boundaries defining the body and the environment, but most of all uncover our ideas surrounding food!

This exhibition is brought to you by artists from Goldsmiths Masters in Fine Art, and Masters in Curation, with the support of HYPHA STUDIOS, and made possible by Get Living.
Curated by Evie Banks, Margherita Ghella & Susanna Lopez.

Aliceson Carter
Carmen Grey
Beverley Duckworth
Rebeka Vaino
Michelle Johnson
Cayentano Sanz de Santamaria
Alexander Tarasenko

Niovi Kafantari
Jiwon Yoo
Mengyan Luo
Ding Jiaying
Mati Araoz
Luke Bacon
Ilke Sahin

Denqian Xu
Ya Hsuan Hsiao
Tam Man Ching Michelle
Shiyu Zhou
Qiuxia Zhang
Bede Robinson
Jeehee Kim

Artist Celia Hempton and Get Living

Celia Hempton (born 1981, Stroud, UK) is currently included in British Art Show 9, (touring), and My Life in the Metaverse, curated by Dr. Omar Kholeif, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi.  A monograph has been published this year by Phillida Reid with accompanying text by Amia Srinivasan.  Her work has been included in many institutional shows, including ICA Boston, Whitechapel Gallery and Serpentine London, as well as Performance Space New York, Gwangju Biennale, Art Night with ICA London, amongst others. It is held in the collections of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia, The British Council and the Government Art Collection, UK. 

@hempton’s work explores concepts of voyeurism in the post-digital age. In her paintings, performances and installations, she investigates the blurred lines of comfort and consent; desire and subjugation, visibility and opacity; seeking to deconstruct the ways in which we engage with each other in a rapidly evolving age of hyper-mediation. Formally, Hempton’s paintings, which range in scale from intimate to life-size, acknowledge the tropes of history painting and the often subjugated female body. Hempton’s richly layered paintings directly play with and confront this historical dynamism, producing tactile celebrations of the body, alongside multiple perspectives on how the bodily gaze is constructed. 

In partnership with @wearegetliving

Photo Holly Whittaker.

We offer free temporary project space or more permanent studio space to remove the financial obstacles from displaying and making work.