Insightful review of ‘In the Footsteps of the East London Group’ show
Installation view of ‘In the footsteps of the East London Group’ exhibition. Image includes artwork by (left to right): Elwin Hawthorne, Cecil Osborne, Alexandra Blum, Walter Steggles, Albert Turpin, Phyllis Bray, Fiona McIntyre and Felix Taylor. Photography credit: Rob Harris.
Writing in Hackney Citizen*, Sarah Birch describes how the show is, “An enthralling new project led by the Urban Contemporaries Group [which] reflects on how artists have connected over time with the spaces around them.” Birch has also highlighted the fascinating relationships and contrasts between historic and contemporary work in the exhibition, observing that “Freighters in West India Dock by Walter Steggles (1927) is a demure watercolour of hulking craft, waiting to be unloaded, while West India Dock (Boundary between Here and There) by Alexandra Blum (2024) is a raucous medley of colours and cultural references against the backdrop luxury waterside housing.”
Read the full exhibition review here
*’In the Footsteps of the East London Group, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A fascinating collection’, by Sarah Birch, Hackney Citizen, Wednesday 6 November 2024 at 11.54
When: In the footsteps of the East London Group is from open 4 October until 22 December 2024, Tues - Sun, 10am - 4pm
Where: Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest stations: Bow Road (eight mins walk) or DLR Bow Church: (five mins walk)
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Installation view of ‘In the footsteps of the East London Group’ exhibition. Artworks in image by (left to right): Harold Steggles, Harold Steggles, Harriet Mena Hill, Walter Steggles, Harold Steggles, Doreen Fletcher, Elwin Hawthorne, Elwin Hawthorne, Grant Watson, Grace Oscroft, Elwin Hawthorne, Frank Creber, Annette Fernando, Walter Steggles, Henry Silk, Marc Gooderham, David Hepher, Harold Steggles, Harold Steggles, Melissa Scott Miller, Felix Taylor. Photography credit: Rob Harris
Alexandra Blum, 'West India Dock, (Boundary between here and there), 2024, watercolour on paper, 47 x 62 cm (approx. framed size). Photography credit: John Howard Davies