EXHIBITION REVIEW
LONDON CONTEMPORARY 2025 – 14TH EDITION
February 06 – 19, 2025
ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London

ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with YMX Arts, is pleased to announce the great success of the 14th edition of LONDON CONTEMPORARY, which took place in London, at ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space from February 06 to February 19, 2025.

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LONDON CONTEMPORARY provided artists and exhibitors with the unique opportunity to present their works to an international audience of professionals such as curators, gallerists, collectors, editors, and publishers who seek to acquire, publish and encourage the best contemporary art talents.

LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2024 analyzed the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary times.

Each artist at LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2024 explored fundamental aspects of the human experience within an evolving cultural and urban landscape. Among them, Adrian Gibbs’ artistic practice, deeply influenced by his background in ballet, musical theatre, and professional photography, examines the dynamic interplay of texture, light, colour, and movement, capturing the fluidity of human expression and the intricacies of natural phenomena. Each piece is a visual narrative, reflecting the entanglements of human emotion and form.

Portraying the invisible forces that shape and suffocate human existence, Eleni Pasiata’s work delves into the human psyche, focusing on the struggle for survival. Through expressive compositions, she visualizes the invisible forces, such as societal pressures, personal choices, and existential dilemmas, that wrap around individuals like an ever-tightening plastic veil. Her process begins with personal experience, evolving into a universal narrative that resonates with anyone who has felt constrained by life’s burdens. While darkness permeates her work, subtle spaces of transparency emerge, symbolizing moments of breath, resistance, and the possibility of relief. Each piece invites one to confront one’s battles, questioning whether escape is possible or if survival itself is the ultimate act of defiance.

Waving from the same research – struggles, transformations, and fleeting moments of clarity – Waltraut Chimani’s artistic approach is rooted in Processual Realism, a method that allows her to externalize inner experiences and create a space for dialogue. Her work showcases the intersection of art and philosophy, where personal emotions and collective narratives merge into layered compositions. Using a dynamic interplay of textures, colors, and forms, she captures the complexity of human existence. Each piece is an evolving process, reflecting both conscious intention and spontaneous discovery.

Set in London, a city where cultures intersect and creative energies collide, the fair provided an ideal space for artists to present their work to an international audience, fostering dialogue and fresh perspectives on contemporary life. Within this setting, Nicolas Maray examined the passage of time, its presence, erosion, and what it leaves behind. His large paintings suspend time, revealing the traces they imprint on bodies, objects, and memories. Through a meticulous process of addition, removal, and controlled chance, his compositions echo the rhythm of passing instants, urging viewers to grasp what so often vanishes unnoticed.

On the other hand, Seema Alabdulhai navigates the contradictions of human existence, interweaving themes of social dynamics, balance, and duality. Employing mixed media photography, natural coffee extracts, sand, gesso, and black and white acrylics, she constructs richly textured surfaces that embody the tension between opposites. Rectangular forms in her work symbolize both graves and train cars, evoking life’s continuous movement and its inevitable end: through experimental techniques and symbolic materials, she documents fleeting moments of time and space, inviting the viewer into a dialogue on choice, harmony, and the perpetual interplay of contrasts.

organized by ITSLIQUID Group
curator Luca Curci
gallery manager Massimiliano Gordiani
project manager Giulia Tassi
project coordinator Amaride Ferrante
collaborators Maria Arban, Valentina Minniti, Annachiara Recchia
graphic designers Marina Caracciolo, Gemma Laera

VENUE
ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space
253 Hoxton Street, N1 5LG, London, UK
Opening hours | Tuesday – Saturday . 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM

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ABOUT US

ITSLIQUID is a web-based information platform, founded in 2001 by Luca Curci, dedicated to the worldwide distribution of information about calls for entries, exhibitions and events at some of the world’s leading art galleries, museums and foundations selected. ITSLIQUID has already built a readership of more than 250.000 qualified subscribers. Among them are architects, designers, artists, collectors, art critics, curators, dealers, and other personalities of the International art, architecture and design world. It provides advertising services, press office services for events and projects, articles and specials published on the website, and media partnership services.

During the last 20 years, ITSLIQUID Group has become a cultural hub for creatives, exhibition spaces, and art lovers. Among our international partners, Art Now Fair, Art Vancouver, Design Tokyo, INDEX Qatar, INDEX Saudi, The Big 5 Construct Dubai, The Big 5 Construct Qatar, Photo LA Los Angeles and international magazines like Art Style. ITSLIQUID Group supports some of the most important no-profit organizations, like UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, SSCS – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, One Tree Planted, The Ocean CleanUp and Plastic Oceans, with the goal to increase public awareness about environmental issues. Click here to find out more.

ITSLIQUID GROUP includes a section dedicated to the organization of international art events, managing exhibitions of painting, photography, video art, installation and performance; it organizes solo and collective shows, art residencies and international contests. Its object is to use new technologies to globalize the language of art, and to connect artists working in every part of the world.

ITSLIQUID Group manages a variety of art spaces all over the world; among them THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space in the heart of San Marco Square in Venice and different historical buildings, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space in London city centre and other different partners worldwide. Since its beginning, the group has organized more than 250 events all around the world, involving more than 5.000 artists, in more than 60 international venues in Italy, the USA, Canada, the UK, Spain, France, etc. Most of the last events have been realized in museums (CCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona in Spain, NCCA – National Center for Contemporary Arts in Moscow, etc.), galleries and private foundations.

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OUR LOCATION

ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space is an itinerant project, which counts more than 5 venues in the best areas of London. The exhibition spaces will host solo and collective shows with a rich variety of contemporary painters, photographers, designers, architects, sculptors, performers and video makers. With more than 20 years of experience, ITSLIQUID Group aims to create opportunities and support artists from all over the world thanks to an exciting program of temporary exhibitions throughout the year.