Poet Peasant: an exhibition by SJ Fowler
July 11 | 12:00 pm – August 5 | 5:00 pm
An exhibition of poetry as curios, discovered text and found literary sculptures drawn from previously unseen works, selected asemic writing and the poetic props of performances across the globe. Drawing from fifteen years of rabid activity, this exhibition evidences the breadth of visual and conceptual poetry from one of the definitive experimentalists of the British 21st century literary scene.
On the site of the former Notting Hill Books, a formative space for many, including Fowler, this exhibition emphasises the potential of the marginal, peculiar, detritus-as-poetry mode so removed from the medium’s stereotypical obsession with neatness, craft and clarity. From bear suits to homemade skeletons, handwritten novels to concrete poems, Poet Peasant represents the core aesthetic concerns of SJ Fowler – playful, eclectic and anti-singular, it is a deliberate mess of fun and weird visual literature that stretches the bounds of what poetry is.
www.stevenjfowler.com/poetpeasant
SJ Fowler is a writer, poet and performer who lives in London. His work has been commissioned by The National Gallery, Tate Modern, BBC Radio 3, Somerset House, Tate Britain, Southbank Centre and he was part of the first Hub residency at Wellcome Collection. His visual poetry has been exhibited at the V&A, Hayward Gallery, Jerwood Space, Mile End Art Pavilion, Kielder Forest, Tate St Ives and Palais de Tokyo. He has published over 50 works, the subject of the Small Publishers Fair 2022 feature exhibition and given over 400 performances at venues around the world. He lecturer at Kingston University and is the director of the European Poetry Festival. Poet Peasant … is his 8th solo exhibition.
Opening hours:
The gallery will be opened to the public 12 noon to 5pm every Wednesday to Saturday
Accompanying events:
July 19th, July 24th July 26th, July 31st, August 2nd 7pm – 9pm.
