Open-Eyed Sleep

17th May to 14th June, 2025.
Open Saturdays, 12-4pm.
PV Saturday 17th May 2025, 5-8pm, all welcome.

"What bores me is to see an illustration of my thoughts. I want to make something I never saw before and be changed by it, so that I go in the studio and I see these things up and think, Jesus, did I do that? What a strange thing! And I like to feel strange. It's a personality thing. I like to feel strange to myself." (...) (I Paint What I Want to See: Philip Guston).

Open-eyed sleep is an exhibition of 10 painters based in the UK, who in their process show a willingness to let painting lead the way to unknown territories. They see potential for new discoveries in doubt and uncertainty, where painting strange forms is not a goal but a stumbled-upon path that takes the artist beyond what is comfortable or familiar. The artists included make painted surfaces that hold time and touch, while letting forms and figures emerge along the way.

Curated by Laura Bygrave & Linda Hemmersbach