A group exhibition of works exploring the concept of ugliness

Andrew Lacon ● Charlotte E Padgham ● Daisy McMullan ● Elizabeth de Monchaux ● Ellen Angus ● Gabriela Fabrowska ● Giles Hinchcliff ● Heidi Kayla ● Ina Dorthea Thuresson ● Ivan Riches ● James Saint Claire ● Jane Sacco ● Jane Skinner ● Kerry Clark ● Linda Ayres ● Marcus Orlandi ● Maru Rojas ● Mayou Trikerioti ● Mia-Nelle Droschler ● Paul Morris ● Philip Wong ● Pilar Camino Acon ● Ricardo Sleiman ● Richard Zeiss ● Robert West ● Sarah Crew ● Sue Skitt ● Tamar Lev-On & Dotan Bahat ● thickandtastyxxx ● Yara Tschallener

Exhibition runs from: Friday the 28th of May 2010 - Thursday 24th of June 2010
Gallery Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 11am to 6.30 pm - Sat: 12.30 pm - 5.00 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thursday 24th of June: 11.00 am to 5.00 pm

What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? Is ugliness also in the eye of the beholder?

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