Georgia May Travers-Cook's 'Picnic Lightning' at Union Pacific, London

Georgia May Travers-Cook's first London solo show, 'Picnic Lightning,' at Union Pacific, draws its title from Nabokov's 'Lolita' and inspiration from 'Picnic at Hanging Rock.' The exhibition features paintings that explore the tension between tranquility and latent violence, set within pastoral and domestic interiors. Works like 'Interior with Knives' juxtapose serene settings with hidden weapons, while 'Bite' and 'Still Day, Reddening Sky' accumulate aphoristic imagery. The narrative refuses resolution, echoing the unresolved disappearances in Lindsay's novel and Weir's film. Travers-Cook's paintings trace a descent from peace into turbulence, with characters moving through fields, lakes, and picnic blankets. The exhibition runs at Union Pacific in London.