Great God! This is an awful place
Dürst Britt & Mayhew•Jun 21, 2025 — Aug 31, 2025
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For Dürst Britt & Mayhew’s 10-Year Anniversary exhibition we have chosen to present two works by each of our sixteen represented artists. The first being a work that has been exhibited in the gallery, at an art fair, in a museum or collaborative show, but to our utmost surprise has not found another home yet. The second work chosen in dialogue with the artist; this can be a work previously exhibited or even never shown before. Thus the exhibition weaves together the past, present and a glimpse of possible future developments.
The title of the show, ‘Great God! This is an awful place’, is an exclamation of the explorer Robert Falcon Scott, when he discovered he was not the first to set foot on the geographical South Pole, but that Roald Amundsen had beaten him to it. For us it serves as a nod to the ups and downs of running a gallery, and to the uncertainties involved in being an artist. We salute all the amazing artists who have...More
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Great God! This is an awful place
Dürst Britt & Mayhew•Jun 21, 2025 — Aug 31, 2025
Press Release
For Dürst Britt & Mayhew’s 10-Year Anniversary exhibition we have chosen to present two works by each of our sixteen represented artists. The first being a work that has been exhibited in the gallery, at an art fair, in a museum or collaborative show, but to our utmost surprise has not found another home yet. The second work chosen in dialogue with the artist; this can be a work previously exhibited or even never shown before. Thus the exhibition weaves together the past, present and a glimpse of possible future developments.
The title of the show, ‘Great God! This is an awful place’, is an exclamation of the explorer Robert Falcon Scott, when he discovered he was not the first to set foot on the geographical South Pole, but that Roald Amundsen had beaten him to it. For us it serves as a nod to the ups and downs of running a gallery, and to the uncertainties involved in being an artist. We salute all the amazing artists who have...More
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