Exhibitions | Koop Projects

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Bombs And Broken Glass
Brian Britton 28 Apr - 10 Jun 2023 With simplicity of design, detachment of tone and a paired down colour pallet Brian Britton shows artworks of warfare and destruction as well as peacetime and repair. But why does an Artist paint bombs? And why especially, do they paint bombs devoid of any context that they themselves play out... Read more

Forthcoming

Ballade
Michelle Sank 15 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 In the afterword to her book 'Becoming', the photographer David Goldblatt, wrote of Sank's ability to capture the essence of her subjects: 'They seem, completely, themselves; Sank has allowed each of them simply to be. Yet it is not a passive state, something has been evoked that seems to come... Read more

Past

Photo London 2023
Baudouin Mouanda, Michelle Sank, KB Mpofu 10 - 14 May 2023 Read more

About Hands
Photography and Sculpture 9 Mar - 4 Apr 2023 ABOUT HANDS
Thursday 9 March to 4 April
Opening evening 6-9pm on 9 March
Agenda Brown // Olu Atere // Kerry Lemon // Arabel Lebruson Read more

Theistic Craft
Irvin Pascal 9 Feb - 4 Mar 2023 The Artist’s bold use of a limited colour palette and enigmatic repeating motifs, shapes and symbols produces an uncompromising effect. Undeniably powerful, these signature markings and gestures are met with an equally profound reverence for his chosen materials that imbues his work with sincere emotion and a delicate sensitivity Known... Read more

Encounters at London Art Fair
London Art Fair 17 - 22 Jan 2023 Georgina Maxim re-forms handed down clothing into abstract objects through the healing action of stitching. In Zimbabwe the practice of handing down is a ritually symbolic gesture in which the sacred energy of the garment is released by “pricking” with a needle. Maxim both plays with and respects these traditions... Read more

R/EVOLUTION
Jenny Mustill + Ghada Chamma 17 Nov - 4 Dec 2022 The exhibition is part of an ongoing series of conversations at Koop Projects between an African artist (Ghada Chamma) and an artist based in Sussex (Jenny Mustill). The artworks are explorations of the space between the conscious and unconscious; they are expressions of memory, imagination and movement. For Jenny Mustill,... Read more

Le Ciel De Saison
Baudouin Mouanda 6 Oct - 10 Nov 2022 This remarkable body of work questions reality with singularity, humour and humanity. The concept was born amidst confinement during the pandemic when Mouanda decided to construct striking mise en scène that speak of the catastrophic effects of flooding, bringing to light how deeply vulnerable Africa is to environmental degradation and... Read more

Aftermath
Peter Mammes 8 Sep - 1 Oct 2022 Through his artwork Peter Mammes aims to surpass language barriers posed by the written and spoken word and develop a new and comprehensive way to visually relay complex ideas. Inspired by patterns sourced on his travels, Peter loads his highly nuanced artwork with intricate symbols, graphic decorations, imagery and a... Read more

Calls To Mind
Fanie Buys and Calum-Louis Adams 15 Jul - 12 Aug 2022 Through Sculpture, Print and Painting the exhibition navigates methods of borrowing, processing, recalling - even projecting - when presenting people, moments and hometowns as (art) objects. Read more

Gutter Rainbows II - Going into the world
Johnson Zuze 9 - 26 Jun 2022 Zuze's work originates from garbage dumps where he collects urban waste. Under his hands it emerges into the world in wonderful forms, artistic and creative sculptures of birds and animals and insects. Each sculpture is implanted with interesting items – bottles, jars, containers, cosmetic and surgical instruments. These reflect colour... Read more

Loose Ends
15 Apr - 29 May 2022 Georgina Maxim creates textile sculptures from previously worn clothing, transcribing distinct moments in time, remembering experiences and conversations (real and imagined) and exploring her own psychological landscapes. Her work is a powerful act of self-healing, undertaken through the laborious repetition of dhungemutunge, her haphazard, looping signature stitching technique. The finished... Read more

Found/Fragments
Group Exhibition 5 Mar - 3 Apr 2022 Ronex Ahimbisbwe, Hamed Ouattara, Justin Gope and Johnson Zuze are four artists based in Africa who work with found materials. Inherent in their bodies of work are themes of sustainability and mending and the potential for reincarnation inside everyday objects that most of us see as 'old news'. Each artist... Read more

Is Everything Okay?
Patrick Tagoe Turkson 8 Feb - 1 Mar 2022 Patrick Tagoe-Turkson uses the by-products and waste materials from commercial fishing and industrial production systems in his work. He is known for his large scale wall sculptures made from flip flops - turning this most humble and ubiquitous form of throwaway footwear into intricate kaleidoscopic sculptures that play with the... Read more

Through Colour
Kemptown Christmas Pop Up 27 Nov - 20 Dec 2021 Skauge Sanchez Ceramics Paintings Brighton Read more

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