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‘Related Forms’ seeks to investigate our essential notions of shape. The exhibition brings together artists working in two and three dimensions. This unbounded approach highlights the relationships between the artworks in their shared pursuit of reducing structure to its simplest form.

The exhibition brings together over 20 artists. Despite their distinctive practices, the artists exhibited are united by a collective fascination with structure and shape. Their artworks, though varied in media, display overlaps in core principles including space, process, contrast, tension and colour.

The question “what is it to construct ‘Pure Form’?” is one that has intrigued modern artists. This becomes even more evident in abstract art, where the act of adding and stripping back lies in careful balance. The existence of form, or lack thereof, opens a rich dialogue. The sculptor Henry Moore once remarked that ‘A hole can have as much shape meaning as a solid mass’. At its core, it is a question of existence and of deeper meaning.

In bringing these works together, 'Related Forms’ provokes unexpected resonances between artists working in seemingly disparate fields. The exhibition comes at a time when the wider world, together with these artists, seeks harmony, simplicity and solace.

‘Related Forms’ is on now at Row Gallery until March 2023