Roman Road is thrilled to present Paradise Is Not Just a Place, a duo show of new works by Yulia Iosilzon and Anna Skladmann. This is the first exhibition at Roman Road since February 2020. Skladmann’s photographs and Iosilzon’s paintings draw on forbidden fruit as a repeated motif, exploring tropes of temptation, abundance, and nourishment. The works are interwoven with a meadow of ceramic flowers, bringing the life cycle of the plant into the gallery space, and picking up shared references to species that feature across the two artists’ imagery. The exhibition inhabits a notion of overgrowth, of plants taking over the ruins of the past, seeding themselves in the cracks of history. Stories leave microscopic traces through the life cycles of plants and people; we all become food for plants in the end.
| Hours | Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PMSaturday, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM and by appointment |
| Venue | Roman Road |
| Type | Art Exhibition |
| Duration | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| City | London |
About
Roman Road
Roman Road, founded by Marisa Bellani in 2013, grew organically from a project space to a gallery through establishing itself as a space of reference for contemporary art and photography. Located in London, Roman Road has recently redefined itself with a more fluid and cooperative approach, becoming a platform for collaborative exhibitions since the end of 2019. In 2017 Roman Road also added a research cell and an online journal to its activities in order to expand its horizons and to share with its audience information and knowledge that would go beyond art. The gallery has established a qualitative programme of around ten shows annually, including participations at notable international art fairs. Over the years, Roman Road has represented a talented roster of artists, among which Antony Cairns and Alix Marie, who have also seen their works exhibited in such institutions as Tate Modern, Stedelijk Museum and Musée des beaux-arts Le Locle. Since its marked shift to a collaborative platform, Roman Road supports young artists in expanding their careers and further learning to put together an exhibition and take the opportunity to push their practice further.
