POST-POST-WAR, references the Modernist period following World War Two in Britain and America, and the production of both revelatory and poignant work. We are talking about artists such as Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Barbara Hepworth, Lee Krasner Paul Nash and Willem de Kooning. Arguably times of great distress have a tendency to lead to the creation of compelling work, and since our conception we have been preoccupied with the way the artists we work with concieve our world, especially since our formation in an anxious post-pandemic society.

On their return home or to ‘normality’ after World War Two many artists found themselves painting romantised views of their country laced with a sense of dread - perhaps a reference to the idea that these beautiful landscapes could be taken away from us at any moment. This theme has emerged in POST-POST-WAR, with artists such as James Ferguson-Rose, Anthony Banks, Lee Johnston, Ben Jamie and Samuel Bassett.

Some of the artists in this exhibition overtly reference Post-War artists in their technique and use of material. There has been a definite sense in recent years of artists returning to the craft of making art - utlising natural materials such as wood and bronze - moving away from the conceptual obsession of the YBA movement. The artworks exhibited in this exhibition reflect an internal and societal struggle, adding to the metephorical and literal weight in the artworks, with Rory’s wooden sculpture weighing 80kg and Gus’s bronze weighing 130kg.

Across content, medium, and technique the artists in POST-POST-WAR explore the ways of making that were hailed by post-war artists, while concerning themselves with expressing the current turmoil within humanity.