“Between Mediums”. The Convergence of Art at Atticus Art Gallery

Atticus Art Gallery, Bath | 17 February – 10 March 2025

This exhibition marks the final CARC LAB 2024 exhibition, CARC LAB/2024: The Alchemy of Media – Bridging Painting, Photography, and Sculpture. At CARC LAB, art is not confined to a single medium—it is an evolving dialogue between painting, photography, and sculpture, where each discipline informs and reshapes the other. Through material exploration and historical inquiry, the lab fosters a multidimensional approach to art, revealing how visual languages intersect across time and technique.

The boundaries of artistic disciplines have always been fluid, but rarely has an exhibition so compellingly explored their intersections as Between Mediums, currently on display at Atticus Art Gallery in Bath. Bringing together four internationally renowned artists, the exhibition challenges conventional distinctions between painting, photography, and sculpture, revealing their deep interconnectivity and shared language.

A Dialogue Across Forms

At the heart of Between Mediums is a radical proposition: that no artistic medium exists in isolation. Each artwork in the show acts as a bridge between disciplines, offering a conversation between materiality, space, and perception. The result is an immersive experience where traditional categories dissolve, and the audience is left navigating a liminal space between art forms.

Andrey Gromov’s painterly gestures, derived from archival imagery, invoke a sense of fragmented memory. His works, layered in oil and pencil, seem to disassemble architectural structures into abstract, flickering impressions. Standing in contrast, Isabelle Moreau’s sculptural distortions of reality expand the boundaries of photography. By casting three-dimensional objects based on manipulated photographs, she challenges the supposed objectivity of the camera, offering ghostly figures caught between presence and erasure.

Meanwhile, Kai Ueda’s painterly glitches echo the digital aesthetic, incorporating elements of distortion into classical form. His compositions feel as though they exist in a state of flux, where the painted image struggles against dissolution. Javier Estévez’s sculptural photography, on the other hand, redefines the medium by printing layered images on metal and glass, turning ephemeral moments into weighty, sculptural presences.

An Exhibition in Constant Transition

The exhibition space itself plays a crucial role in shaping the audience’s perception. Curated as an immersive environment, the gallery features dimmed lighting and reflective elements, enhancing the sense of movement and transformation within the artworks. Sculptural spheres reflect and distort the surrounding visuals, while layered glass installations fracture light and perspective, compelling the viewer to engage with the works dynamically.

The effect is a space where painting does not merely exist on a flat surface, photography refuses to be confined to two dimensions, and sculpture defies its solidity. Here, every medium borrows from another, creating a pulsating synergy that expands beyond conventional artistic boundaries.

CARC LAB stands at the crossroads of these media, offering scholars and artists a space to experiment, reinterpret, and challenge traditional artistic boundaries. Through its fellowships and research initiatives, the lab cultivates a scholarly ecosystem where art historians, archaeologists, conservators, and interdisciplinary thinkers engage with the materiality of objects, unlocking new narratives through cross-media interactions.

Between Mediums is a testament to the ever-evolving dialogue between artistic disciplines. In an era where technology, history, and materiality are constantly converging, the exhibition serves as a reminder that art itself is in perpetual transformation. By challenging viewers to rethink their perception of form and medium, Atticus Art Gallery has curated not just an exhibition but an experience—one that lingers long after leaving the space.

📰 For more information on the exhibition, visit Atticus Art Gallery’s website or explore CARC LAB’s ongoing research into interdisciplinary artistic practices.

📍 Atticus Art Gallery

11a Queen Street, BA1 1HE, Bath, United Kingdom

Featured Artists:

🔹 Andrey Gromov (Russia/UK)

🔹 Isabelle Moreau (France)

🔹 Kai Ueda (Japan/USA)

🔹 Javier Estévez (Spain)