SNIK Is “EPHEMERAL” at Crypt in London.

A 3-day solo exhibition this weekend opens with SNIK at The Crypt Gallery in London


Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)

Flowers in decomposition, pathways to discovery, hidden and revealed – SNIK unveils a certain richness with this multi-staged display of beauty and decay. Lightboxes, textures, curving forms, natural and artificial light wending in and out of layers; the artists approach and examine the mystery of life and death with wholistic poetry, finding beauty in each.

Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)

For nearly a decade the English duo of Laura Perrett and Nicholas Ellis have chosen the nomenclature of the gallery when creating larger and medium-sized stenciled imagery for the street. Clean lines, photographic values, increasing sophistication in volume and textures, it is a steadfast dedication to learning that plays out before your eyes. For this show they do it all – scenery, costume, lighting, photography, directing, hand-cutting, and painting.

Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)

The resulting experience of the show is a seamless continuity in sensual gentility, a collection of figurative works and environments that seem familiar, enveloping you with the more subtle stirrings of nature. Analogous to the ephemeral qualities of art in the street, you can possibly see that there is a way to embrace the changes that they bring, and suggest. SNIK aims to help you to embrace this ephemerality.

Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)
Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)
Snik. “EPHEMERAL” (photo © Doug Gillen)

British artist duo SNIK present EPHEMERAL, an exhibition of new works at The Crypt Gallery, London, running from 17- 20 October 2019.
The Crypt Gallery, London, 165 Euston Rd, Bloomsbury, London NW1 2B

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