The Room at South Parade

Artists: Aidan Duffy, Carole Ebtinger, Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Andrew North, Rachel Walters

Exhibition title: The Room

Venue: South Parade, London, UK

Date: June 24 – July 23, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and South Parade, London

South Parade is pleased to present The Room, a group exhibition featuring work by Aidan Duffy, Carole Ebtinger, Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Andrew North & Rachel Walters. The exhibition is also accompanied by an essay by Robert Carter (readable throughout this document).

The Lloyd’s building (also known as the Inside-Out Building), located in the City of London, is synonymous with the global insurance industry. Designed by Richard Rogers, The Room, as it is known to its users, has all its services – the heating system, plumbing, lifts, etc – on the exterior in order to maximise the interior space. As a result, it has a disturbing intestinal quality which led to the coining of the term, ‘bowellism’, to describe this style of architecture. The exhibition looks towards this building in both its departure and arrival point, drawing together work that calls to mind the insides or outsides, and what it means for them to be reversed or called into question.

Aidan Duffy (b. 1995 in Glasgow, Scotland) lives and works in London. Recent selected exhibitions include Grotto, Ridley Road Project Space (London, 2022), Sole (solo), Becky’s Unit curated by Rebecca Ackroyd (London, 2020), Fashion Cafe, Kantine (Brussels, 2019) and Motte + Bailey, St. James Road (London, 2019). Aidan graduated from UAL Chelsea College of Art (BA Hons Fine Art) in 2016.

Carole Ebtinger (b. in 1995, in Vietnam) is a french artist who lives and works in Brussels. Recent solo exhibitions include Les Terres Rares, Eeckmann Art Prize, Bozar (Brussels, 2021) and Degroofpetercam (upcoming, Brussels, May 2022). Recent Group Exhibitions include Stealing Thunder, Barbé Urbain Gallery (Gent, 2022) and Se désertifier, Ada Ventura (Brussels, 2020). Carole graduated with a Masters in Drawing from La Cambre (Brussels, 2018).

Patrick Michael Fitzgerald (b. 1965, in Ireland) lives and works in Vizcaya, Spain. Recent selected solo exhibitions include Nomadic Forms, Palacio Horcasitas (Vizcaya, 2020), Clearing, Fenderesky Gallery (Belfast, 2015), New Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery (Belfast, 2013) and Drawings, Guest Room/Contemporary Art (Brussels, 2010). Recent selected group shows include I know what I am giving you, I don’t know what you will receive, with Helen O’Leary, Fenderesky Gallery (Belfast, forthcoming 2022), Pathways on Paper, South Parade (London, 2022), Studio K3, Art Cabinet, Kunst Museum Olten, (Zurich, 2020), Demonios en el Jardín, Fundación Diaz Caneja – with Antón Hurtado and Carmelo Camacho, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Palencia, 2019). His work is in private and public collections in Europe and the USA.

Andrew North lives and works between Leicestershire and London. Recent solo exhibitions include In Residence, The Tallet Gallery (The Cotswolds, 2013) and Works in Progress, Victoria Gallery (Glasgow, 2010). Recent group exhibitions include Salon des Refuses, The Tub (London, 2022), Kill of Cure, Wolfson College (Cambridge, 2022), Pathways on Paper, South Parade (London, 2022), Between Shan Shui, 1974 Club (London, 2022), A Moment or Two, The Bothy Gallery (Cirencester, 2021) and Dibujando y Pintando, 48 Calle Iturribide (Bilbao, 2018). He is currently artist in residence at St Ann’s Allotments Residency (Nottingham) and recently graduated from the Royal Drawing School (Intensive Programme, 2022).

Rachel Walters (b. 1976, Auckland, New Zealand) lives and works in Los Angeles. Recent selected exhibitions include Inside Mostly (solo), Northart Gallery (Auckland, 2020), Owhango Summer Sculpture Show, (Owhango, 2018-19), The Crash, Q-park Cavendish Square (London, 2017), Hau te Kapakapa (The Flapping Wind), Public sculpture commission for Auckland City Council (Auckland, 2013) and Sticks and Stones and Names and Bones, Billboard project, Te Tuhi Centre for Art, (Auckland, 2013).

The Room, 2022, exhibition view, South Parade, London

Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, A slice of the top, 2019 – 2021. Acrylic, oil paint and collage on linen, 48 x 40 cm

Rachel Walters, Wooded, 2022. Plaster bandage, plumbers pipe, epoxy putty, acrylic, oil and canvas on stretcher, 43 (H) x 51 (W) x 5 (D) cm

Aidan Duffy, Bobo sauvage with salsa fringing, 2022. Jesmonite, epoxy, eyeshadow, metal, wood, ceramic, beading and fabric, 62 (H) x 76 (W) x 45 (D) cm

The Room, 2022, exhibition view, South Parade, London

Andrew North, Powerstation, 2021. Oil on polypropylene, 50 x 60 cm

The Room, 2022, exhibition view, South Parade, London

Carole Ebtinger, Qui habite le corps, Qui habite le travail, Et le travail habite un espace qui n’héberge ni le corps ni l’esprit, Alors je me demande où je suis, 2022. Pigment, ink, dry pastels on paper, 119 x 87 cm

Andrew North, Border, 2021. Oil and gesso on board, 38 x 25 cm

The Room, 2022, exhibition view, South Parade, London

Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Pulse – Passing, 2017 – 2022. Oil paint, acrylic and collage on linen and wood, 38 x 46 cm

Aidan Duffy, Sapling Bae, 2022. Jesmonite, epoxy, pigment, eyeshadow, acrylic, metal, bamboo and fabric, 70 (H) x 42 (W) x 20 (D) cm

The Room, 2022, exhibition view, South Parade, London

Rachel Walters, Oh it will be great, Really great, 2022. Plaster bandage, plumbers pipe, acrylic, oil and canvas on stretcher, 36 (H) x 29 (W) x 16 (W) cm

Aidan Duffy, Slouched Husk, 2021. Jesmonite, ochre and mop yarn, 39 (H) x 52 (W) x 35 (D) cm