Exhibition by acclaimed artist announced.
From Gambia to Guangzhou and from Osaka to Peru, Lucy McLauchlin’s monochromaIc paintings have graced buildings in every corner of the globe. A true gem of the Birmingham art scene, Lucy will undertake a residency at Centrala, on Fazeley Street, Digbeth, in collaboration with the Supersonic Festival, from 9th June until 8th July.
Within Lucy’s ongoing investigation into some of Birmingham’s more unapparent areas, Birmingham By Pass features new works referencing her days spent along the canals and waterways of Digbeth. The residency will feature murals all along the canal side and outside Boxxed on Floodgate Street, culminating in an installation in Centrala’s intimate gallery space.
Lucy McLauchlin’s work is both intuitive and exploraIve. The combination of her DIY background with a waste-not mentality sees McLauchlin source objects from her immediate environment and integrate them into jaw-dropping murals, displaying mastery where the most mundane of objects are transformed into magnificent works of art.
Her works confronts the realiIes of the anthropocene – ecological recklessness fuelled by tremendous wastage and myopic ignorance; and invites us to evaluate our interacIons with the world around us. Her startling murals are notable for her use of permanent materials to complete her pieces in one take, a process summarised by the artist as, “no delete button, no eraser, just progression […] Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make.”