Inspired by the work of Japanese-born British painter Yuko Shiraishi, the exhibition Fine Gestures, Strong Structures brings together artists whose practices engage, with quiet yet persistent intent, with fundamental concepts such as image, line, drawing, structure, colour, form, and surface.
The eight featured artists, spanning different generations, work across drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture—primarily within the realm of abstraction, yet often expanding and reinterpreting its conventional boundaries. Their artistic approaches are grounded in elemental forms and gestures, from which they build toward more complex structures and compositional unities. At the same time, their works often turn analytical, treating the artwork itself as an object of inquiry by examining its formal appearance and constituent elements.