Helen MacAlister
The Glamour of Backwardness
8 September - 18 October 2022
Art First, London
To inaugurate Art First’s new gallery space, we are delighted to present a solo exhibition by Edinburgh based Scottish artist, Helen MacAlister. Her previous solo show was in 2013, titled At the Foot o’ Yon Excellin’ Brae. Accompanied by a fully illustrated online catalogue - accessable on this website – It is crystal clear that her explorations have continued to be rooted in Scotland’s culture. Her art penetrates deep into its languages, embedding words and phrases in exquisitely worked paintings and drawings. Elements of concrete poetry combine with her reductive, elegant approach to distill a specific and engaging cultural/political history.
This new work is urgent, it is vital, lucid and of its time, and now is a very good moment to see it.
