Join Edel Assanti for the opening reception of 'Guard', Jodie Carey's fifth solo exhibition at the gallery, on Thursday 30 May. 

A site-specific installation of 150 jesmonite sculptures mounted on steel supports stretches across the entirety of the two ground floor galleries, articulating a serpentine path through the space.

Exploring notions of ritual and mortality, the tall, elegant uprights evoke the timelessness of standing stone monuments or an army of sentinels, silently registering the passage of time. The subtle tonalities that result from Carey’s distinctive process emphasise the sculptures’ faceted surfaces, revealing their elemental form whilst embodying a sense of impermanence.