Gina Soden: Decadenza

Italy provides the ethereal setting for Soden’s latest collection, where she explores boundaries of beauty, decay, nostalgia and neglect, with extreme precision and skill. The exhibition will be supported by old favourites from derelict asylums, long since closed schools, ex-military compounds and famous city power stations, many of which are underscored by the potential controversy of gaining unlicensed access to these out of bounds areas. The genesis of each piece is often the unique architectural character of each location, heightened by their painfully slow transformation after years of abandonment.

“Like the Romantic poets before her, Soden offers room to reflect on more romantic notions of beauty and a sense of calmness despite collapse and structural devastation.”
Kate Bryan, director of The Fine Art Society