6th – 7th December 2023
Group show curated by Scarlett Pochet and Moriah Ogunbiyi at Dalston Den, 91-93 Kingsland High St, London
Press Release:
'Papillon' came from the French translation of 'butterfly'. Papillon uses the metaphor of the butterfly as a reference point for each artist's practice; diverse yet equally representative of a collective experience with each artist undergoing processes of transformation and growth.
Each artist embodies aspects of a butterfly, each is drawn to diverse points of interest. Like the assortment of practices that coalesce within Papillon, a caterpillar is born from an egg amongst a cluster, beginning life almost indistinguishable from other hatchlings, navigating an existence between leaves, before finally enduring a unique metamorphic transformation, becoming a butterfly, adorned with myriad kaleidoscopic colours.
Words by Moriah Ogunbiyi and Scarlett Pochet
Photography by Papillon
Exhibiting artists:
Ben Coleman, Mahika Gautam, Harriet Hammond, Georgie Huxley, Jun Rui Lo, Duncan McAllister, Sam Meredith, Bee Nicholls, Moriah Ogunbiyi, Rosie Penny, Scarlett Pochet, Mila Sarabhai, Isabella Satori, Femi Themen, Ruby Waterhouse, Grace White, Sam Wootton