Ashley Saville Curates Group Show on Beauty and Abjection at 193 Fleet Street
Ashley Saville presents 'La Belle et la Bête', the first group exhibition at 193 Fleet Street. The show takes its title from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's 1740 fairytale, which has inspired artists, musicians, and filmmakers. The exhibition resists simple binaries of good and evil, exploring desire, abjection, duty, and transgression as intertwined aspects of life and love. The fairytale serves as a lens to examine these themes.
Key facts
- Ashley Saville presents the exhibition 'La Belle et la Bête'.
- It is the first group exhibition at 193 Fleet Street.
- The title comes from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's fairytale published anonymously in 1740.
- The fairytale has inspired artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
- The exhibition resists simple binaries of good and evil.
- Desire and abjection, duty and transgression, ideals and outsiders are presented as intricately imbricated.
- The fairytale is used as a lens for interpretation.
- The exhibition is a group show.
Entities
Artists
- Ashley Saville
Institutions
- 193 Fleet Street
Locations
- Fleet Street
- London
- United Kingdom