Francesca Mollett: Elsewhere
In 2022, The Warehouse launched the WAREHOUSE:01 project, an annual exhibition of a single artist whose work we are compelled to view in more depth. The project offers an artist the opportunity to select the gallery (or galleries) for their work at The Warehouse, and to experiment with the display and creation of work specifically for the space.
In our third iteration, British artist Francesca Mollett has selected the large central gallery to install nine of her paintings, six of which were created for the exhibition. Poikilos takes the form of a triptych, a new format for the artist that the large gallery gave Mollet the opportunity to explore. A master with both color and composition, each of her canvases possess a complex internal color palette and unique compositional sensibility. Though many of Mollett’s works give the sense that they are connected to nature, the paintings in Elsewhere feel decidedly structured, as if they were built on the surface, brushstroke by brushstroke.
Mollett is inspired by a full range of experiences, from visual observations to literary sources, and the space within her paintings is both physical and poetic. The surfaces in her work shift, torque, and vibrate with energy. As an artist dedicated to the ever-evolving legacy of abstraction, Mollett’s work does not exist in opposition to imagery and representation, but as a vibrating membrane between these two modes of understanding. This exhibition provides an intimate look into this young artist’s singular approach to abstraction.
In our third iteration, British artist Francesca Mollett has selected the large central gallery to install nine of her paintings, six of which were created for the exhibition. Poikilos takes the form of a triptych, a new format for the artist that the large gallery gave Mollet the opportunity to explore. A master with both color and composition, each of her canvases possess a complex internal color palette and unique compositional sensibility. Though many of Mollett’s works give the sense that they are connected to nature, the paintings in Elsewhere feel decidedly structured, as if they were built on the surface, brushstroke by brushstroke.
Mollett is inspired by a full range of experiences, from visual observations to literary sources, and the space within her paintings is both physical and poetic. The surfaces in her work shift, torque, and vibrate with energy. As an artist dedicated to the ever-evolving legacy of abstraction, Mollett’s work does not exist in opposition to imagery and representation, but as a vibrating membrane between these two modes of understanding. This exhibition provides an intimate look into this young artist’s singular approach to abstraction.