SKETCHES
By Isabella Benshimol
Curated by Mathilde Friis and Gonzalo Herrero

(by appointment only)
Opening reception on 9th January at 19.00h

Spanish-Venezuelan artist Isabella Benshimol introduces her first solo show, Sketches. A novel compilation of photographs taken daily by the artist with her phone between 2019 and 2023, it is presented alongside a selection of sculptures.

Undressing’s daily ritual – mostly carried out in the intimacy of her domestic space – becomes a performance documented here through the ‘sketches’ left by Benshimol‘s underwear, casually scattered on the floor.

The abstractions of these intimate garments are presented decontextualised from her body. Site-specific, Sketches takes place in an empty office space in central London – a sterile and predominantly male-dominated environment.

In Sketches, ideas surrounding femininity and intimacy contrast with a sense of order, raising questions about power dynamics between the domestic and the corporate spaces.