In The Pipeline

This room presents a single artwork by the artist/artists whose exhibition is next in the program. It is a space directed by the artist, selected to reveal particulars of their current practice or potentials for the future whilst providing essential context ahead of their exhibition.

Rachel Clancy
6 June - 2 August, 2025 Opening Thursday 5 June

Pipeline: What does this space mean for you?

Rachel Clancy: The Pipeline allows me to provide clues and begin to engage with the audience before revealing more, which represents the illusive nature of my paintings, hiding and revealing things within them.

P: Why have you chosen to present this work in advance of your upcoming exhibition?

RC: The rope barriers presented in this setting balances between being quite contrived and theatrical, whilst in a recognisable domestic space, which I feel sets the tone for the show. The barriers also symbolise an opening or an entrance to something, from a slightly obscure and obstructive viewpoint.

P: To what extent does it relate to the work in your upcoming exhibition?

RC: My upcoming exhibition will explore domestic spaces compromised by uncertainties, to emphasise the psychological encounter that occurs when engaging with nostalgic objects within an occupied space. The viewer becomes an essential part of the works, projecting their own memories and experiences onto the recognisable elements of the paintings. The work in the Pipeline symbolises this idea, whilst also playing on a staged nature which is a constant throughout the exhibition.

P: How does this work sit within your overall practice?

RC: The paintings in this exhibition are a new body of work that uses layered painterly techniques to mimic the illusive context and artifice that feeds my practice. These pieces are less representative of real-world settings, and are more reflective of film-stills, or reveries.