Together We Fall Apart

Trafalgar Avenue is pleased to present 'Together We Fall Apart', a solo exhibition by C Lucy R Whitehead.

The exhibition centres upon process and recent developments in Lucy’s approach to painting. It marks a new direction in her practice and privileges experimentation, foregrounding not so much the medium of painting but the means by which and the modes in which it is made.

Anatomical drawing is the foundation of Lucy’s practice and for several years the body has been her primary subject. Whilst that remains, her source material has evolved from flattened manipulated digital images to sculptural physical forms. In 2024, Lucy was awarded an Arts Council England grant to develop sculptures in bronze. The maquettes for the bronze works have become the inspiration for her drawings and paintings, still directly referencing the undulating forms of the body, but further removed from the source.

Building upon that experience Lucy has begun to explore the possibilities of these forms in clay, pushing the scale and ambition of the sculptural side of her practice. These ceramic sculptures will be shown in dialogue with new drawings and paintings in a solo presentation at Trafalgar Avenue, showcasing the breadth and depth of Lucy’s practice, from nascent ideas to resolved works.

The exhibition is accompanied by a text written by Emma Cousin.