OHSH Projects, London

16.8. - 28.9. 2024

VESSEL

Curated by: Henry Hussey + Sophia Olver 

Over time, the word "vessel" has acquired numerous definitions, likely due to its essential role in the development of humanity. On a practical level, vessels are ‘necessary for containing water, cooking, storing food, and more… Nearly all societies have made and used them; indeed, clay vessels, or their fragments, are among the principal types of archaeological data that give us empirical access to distant worlds of the past. The vessel is often defined by its shape but, more importantly, by its function—by the presumption that it contains something. The twenty-two artists featured in this exhibition explore the myriad ways we consider and represent the vessel as a container: as a symbol of society, as a container of grief, joy, or pain, as a metaphor for the fragility of the human condition, and as a representation of diversity.

Artists:

Alexander Aitken, Haydn Albrow, Sophie Mei Birkin, Camilla Bliss, Charlie Chesterman, Chris Day, James Devereu, Rebecca Elves, Hester Finch, Vanessa Garwood, Emily Gibbard, Elena Gileva, Hynek Martinec, Celia Mora, David Price, Kit Reynolds, Boo Saville, Richard Slee, John Stark, Louis Thompson Elliot Walker, Faye Eleanor Woods