An new exhibition featuring work from Scottish painter Alison Watt opened last week and is running until 15 June 2025 at Ealing’s Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery.
From Light is her first exhibition in a major public gallery in London for 17 years and includes 18 new paintings created for Pitzhanger.
The title aims to reflect the centrality of light both in Ms Watt’s work and of Sir John Soane, the architect of Pitzhanger and showing how light shapes space and creates atmosphere.
Among the work on display is Le Ciel, a painting she has created for Pitzhanger’s Eating Room, where Soane entertained his guests. The work features a white rose in bud with partially diseased leaves.
Alison Watt said: “Pitzhanger had a great personal significance for Sir John Soane. It is a house that tells us something not only of his intellectual life, but also his emotional one — a place that once held his hopes and aspirations. In its own way, a form of biography. Soane was an artist, who created an art object in which to display art. Like a painting, light is part of the very substance of this house.”
Clare Gough, director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, said: “We are delighted to be working with Alison Watt in this major public exhibition. Watt’s exploration of light beautifully echoes Soane’s use of shadows and reflection as an architectural tool. The extraordinary body of new works, that demand quiet contemplation, will create a fascinating dialogue with Soane’s designs.”
Pitzhsanger Manor & Gallery is located at: Ealing Green, London, W5 5EQ
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Opening days:
Wednesday: 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 10:00 – 20:00
Friday – Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00
Monday – Tuesday: Closed (Except bank holidays)
Bank Holidays: 10:00 – 17:00
