Haricot Gallery's inaugural show, "The Chaotic Forms of an Organised Mind," by artist Constance Read. The exhibition showcases Read’s latest body of work, which is comprised of silkscreen prints and mono prints, showing two distinct styles throughout the show.

The exhibition explores the tension between her desire to be a ‘chaotic’ artist and her natural tendency towards organisation. The two styles oppose each other, with each floor of the gallery showing this, one showcasing geometric, precise designs, and the other exhibiting a more painterly free style of working in the output of mono prints.

The inspiration behind the shapes in the works coming from architecture around London. After studying Graphic Design at Central St Martins, Constance believes her work is always gravitating back towards the very clean cut, and graphic style that she used to work with. The battle between trying to take a more ‘free’ approach to her work while experimenting through the mono-print process, and also combine this with her desire to plan a geometric design is something that this show is a reflection of. The topic that both sets of works were inspired by remains the same, although the outcome very different.

 

 

 

 

Constance Read (b. 1996) lives and works between London and Norfolk, England. She holds BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins (One academic year at School of Visual Arts, New York). Constance was the artist in residence at Central Saint Martins and attended the Royal College of Art for MA, Print. Solo exhibitions include Love is a Pink Cake, Haricot Gallery, London (2024); The Chaotic Forms of an Organised Mind, Haricot Gallery, London (2023) and Polychromatic Rainbows, Boundary Street, London (2022). Group Exhibitions include In Colour, Haricot Gallery (2024); Art on a Postcard, curated by Vittoria Beltrame, The Bomb Factory, London (2024); You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Haricot Gallery (2023); The Damage is Done, Battersea (2022); Under the Same Sky, Peckham (2021); Tankers and Pumpers, London (2020).