Common Ground: An exhibition in Folkestone

The exhibition Common Ground gives a particular visibility to the discipline and philosophy of abstract/concrete art forms.  It has been of central interest to the gallery over the years, and many collaborations have come from it.  Collaboration is a natural terrain for artists, and in particular for those who experiment in concrete abstraction. The new generation represented in this exhibition has substantially carried the flame in renewing the enduring question of the relationship between scientific cognition and aesthetic perception. They are bringing up to date an understanding that our aptitude to look into structures can also meld with our ability for poetry, imagination and emotions.  

 Other poles of interest are also part of this carefully curated display and form a conversation with all the other works involved. The artists in this show who are working with more ‘figurative’ forms have all a mischievous streak. After all, the great concrete art precursors of the early last century, with their uncompromising mathematics, were very – very – close to the most troublesome of Dadaists. History renews itself, this time in Folkestone, and presents: