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London, UK – 5 March 2025 – 8 Holland Street announces the exhibition Al BATES | ELBOW ROOM, running at the Kensington gallery from 6 March to 24 May 2025. The exhibition presents a collection of textile works and paintings that examine the relationship between materiality, memory and space. Through layered compositions and tactile surfaces, the collection explores the physical and conceptual boundaries of domestic environments. The works depict familiar
objets - chairs, tables and textiles - subtly distorted to evoke a sense of place that is both intimate and abstract. Chairs, in particular hold a recurring presence in Bates’ work - a nod to mid-century designers such as Hans Wegner and Kaare Klint. Through her surreal, slightly wonky renderings, Bates evokes the fragile balance between familiarity and unease,
comfort and restraint.