Anna Barham & others @ Bartha Contemporary

THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS, a group exhibition curated by Susan Morris, brings together works by leading contemporary artists including; Anna Barham, Florian Baudrexel, Erica Baum, Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, Mathew Hale, Stefana McClure, Susan Morris, Matt Mullican, Celia Pym, Allyson Strafella, Ignacio Uriarte and Charlotte Zinsser.

The title for this exhibition comes from the envelope poems of Emily Dickinson.  It was conceived as a response to Dickinson’s work, but in a way that tells it ‘slant’ – to quote Dickinson herself. “The focus is on works that bring the world in by incorporating traces of ready-made printed words or text, and on papery things, especially folded or otherwise manipulated found papers – flyers, receipts, newspapers and magazines or commercially available stationary such as calendars, diaries and year planners”.