Afternoon Private View at Brompton Cemetery Chapel

Come along for art and free drinks in the beautiful, newly renovated Chapel in Brompton Cemetery. 

The exhibition is a solo show by emerging artist Edith Dormandy. Edith writes:

"A copy of The Observer’s Book of Trees (1937, revised 1960) emerged from a recent clear-out of my grandparents’ home, and struck me as a poignant evocation of a generational difference in thinking. In it, nature appears categorizable and knowable. It is interpreted authoritatively within human structures. The Oak is ‘the patriarch of the forest’, the Ash ‘the Venus of the Woods’. In our current era of mass extinction and ecological crisis, we mourn the replacement of familiarity with nature by alienation, urbanization and digitization. But the book also presents an attitude of mastery over nature which is a major contributor to the problem.

"This project seeks to examine our relationship to a generation whose conviction left a complex legacy, in terms of ecology, patriarchy and colonialism amongst other things, but who are also much loved and nurturing family members. Through this project I seek to celebrate them, mourn their passing, examine their legacy, and look to a future without them. The installation presents a metaphorical forest, in which the visitor is encouraged to explore, finding paintings (some after the Observer’s Book of Trees) and found objects which serve as prompts to consider these and other related themes.

"I will also be showing several pieces I have made during my diploma course at The London Atelier of Representational Art over the last three and a half years. Most of the work will be for sale."