Brian Catling
'Rhizome' at CORPUS
A series of Brian Catling’s paintings are included in the group show Rhizome, opening Saturday 16 May at CORPUS, Cambridge, 4-7pm.
The exhibition features works by Brian Catling, Nuri Koerfer, Vivian Lynn, Sean Steadman and Joel Wyllie.
Within the natural world, a rhizome is an underground stem network that spreads horizontally beneath the soil, sending out roots and shoots from multiple nodes. It is by definition non-linear, following its own internal logic of growth and connection. In A Thousand Plateaus (1980) Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari adopted the rhizome as a model for thinking about systems, culture, knowledge and identity. In contrast to hierarchical or “tree-like” structures, they proposed the rhizome as a form without singular origin or fixed direction; decentralised, proliferating and continuously in flux.
These definitions set the tone for the exhibition that brings together five artists whose diverse and multifaceted practices are unified through their shared commitment to developing an autonomous visual language and holistic world view. Across painting, sculpture and drawing, each constructs distinct symbolic environments that unfold through accumulation, transformation and associative logic. Mythological fragments, organic forms and unstable narratives emerge and recur throughout the exhibition, generating unexpected affinities between the artists’ distinct, yet resonant practices.
Exhibition continues: 20 May - 27 June
Opening hours:
Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm
CORPUS
14-16 King Street
Cambridge CB1 1LN