The Artist Room's charming group show, Eccentric Spaces in London (11 January–4 February 2023) borrows its focus and title from a 1977 publication by the late architecture critic Robert Harbison.
Harbison garnered attention within architectural circles for his poetic notion of space as a continually changing and fluid entity, and his dissection of the artist figure as a manufacturer of idiosyncratic, eccentric spaces.
In the light-filled Soho gallery, a collection of works by different artists evoke such spatial allegories, providing a diverse, layered response to Harbison's words.
Among highlights is a small oil on board by William Brickel, an intimate hotel drawing by Martin Kippenberger, the voyeuristic works of Tirana-born artist Iva Lulashi, and a perforated walnut and pine-wood sculpture by Anderson Borba.
The Artist Room will partake in Latin America's biggest art fair, ZONAMACO in Mexico City (8–12 February 2023), with a solo presentation of William Brickel's works.
