Twilight Interiors - Garden Creatures

Twilight Contemporary and Twilight Interiors are delighted to present a group exhibition exploring the garden object. We have invited 10 artists to create works for the garden.

Civilisations across the of span of time have been engaged with the garden in different ways. For many, the garden has been a functional necessity - a space of growth, and sustenance where agricultural success is paramount to survival. It is only with the development of sophisticated irrigation systems in Ancient Egypt that gardens began to transform into spaces of pleasure and status.

The Egyptian elite created oasis like enclosures with symmetrical rows of palms and lotus ponds that offered both shade and religious offerings. Persian gardens, known as Charbagh, featured geometric designs (four-part plans) with canals and water to represent paradise. Many east-asian traditions viewed the garden as a space to create a microcosm’s of the wider natural world. The Roman garden was more structured with box hedging, and formal layouts- a lineage that eventually culminated in the highly manicured gardens dressed with grand fountains and ornamental excess of the victorian era.

With the decline of stone making, the Victorian excesses feel like beautiful memories of an antiquated age. This exhibition looks to see what practicing artists today would make for the garden.

You will notice the materiality is vast in its variety, and a clear move away from the desire to create something idealised. A move toward something more personal and reflective of our complex modern relationship with the environment, and the technologies around us. The works almost embody our anxieties of modern technology and their distance from nature.

Every three months at we present an exhibition that examines everyday objects and pieces of furniture. Garden Creatures' opens 4th June and runs over the weekend. We look forward to welcoming you.

Exhibiting Artists:

Sofia Salazar, Studio Kuhlmann, Miya Kosowick, Wax Atelier, Madeleine Ruggi, Yidan Kim, Elliot Fox, Alison Poon, Andrea Ferrero, Sophie Lloyd