Nicholas Hatfull : Tall Grass (Expert Pruning In Ethiopia)

28 Feb-5 Apr 2014

Overview

Josh Lilley is thrilled to present London based artist Nicholas Hatfull’s first show at the gallery. Hatfull’s work reflects encounters in casual dining environments, forcefully repurposing scavenged motifs in stark compositions. The layers of gourmet food-to-go’s understated, yet overwhelming presence are sensitively opened out for interpretation, with far- reaching associations evoked. Working in machined relief sculpture, packaging design and silkscreens, Hatfull’s work transplants material from different graphic realms, both ubiquitous and esoteric. The exhibition examines the gulf between the fine-tuned artifice of coffeehouse retail in London and its product’s origins.