NEW EXHIBITION ‘APPENDIX | INDEX’ LAUNCHED AT CHIMNEY WALK

As part of our ongoing partnership with Hypha Studios, we’re excited to announce a new exhibition which has just launched in Gallery 2 at Chimney Walk.

• Open: 6th June – 12th July, Wednesday – Saturday, 12-6pm
• Hypha Gallery 2, Sugar House Island, 107 High Street, E15 4QZ

Appendix | Index is a group exhibition curated by Aram Masharqa featuring the work of ten artists living and working in London. The title borrows from the backmatter of books, and considers what kind of knowledge or sense is possible without the main body. The show is divided into two parts, and each work on display belongs to one or the other part.

Appendix leans into its ‘other’ meaning: the anatomical appendage. Instead of revealing knowledges which are latent within the body, Appendix imagines what kinds of knowledge could ever be possible inside those parts which are ‘extra’, ‘unnecessary’. The artists approach the appendix to varying degrees of literalism: overflowing bodies, found objects, a proliferation of office stationery, an excess of discarded materials, and so on.

Index centres on its nature as a list of small items which point towards larger wholes, owing to its ‘dextrous’, finger-pointing etymological root. These works gesture towards universal, intangible worlds – heritage, national memory, fate – by tracking movements on the minutely specific and personal scale. Integral to the index is the accident or coincidence, the thing which by itself is small, but which speaks to an entire world outside the horizon of our understanding.

Support your local talent and head down now so you don’t miss out on these great pieces of art. Also, follow @hyphastudios on Instagram for updates about the programme of free community events to accompany the exhibitions.