Artists: Alfie Rouy - Jesse Pollock

Hurst Contemporary presents AXIS, a duo exhibition of painter Alfie Rouy (b.1998) and sculptor Jesse Pollock (b.1993).

More than an artistic collaboration, the exhibition is a testament to a decade-long friendship. Indeed, Rouy and Pollock grew up in neighbouring villages in Kent. A mutual appreciation for each other’s distinct yet complementary practices inspired this exhibition. The title Axis metaphorically captures the artists as two forces stabilising and energising one another. For Pollock, the process of creating a sculpture is symbolised by the perpetual motion of a spinning wheel, alluding to a process of repetition and transformation where form gradually emerges and distorts over time. Rouy, by contrast, compares his practice to an orbit in constant flux as it searches for balance. This new body of work, composed of both paintings and sculptures, meditates on themes of spirituality, nostalgia, mortality, and the experience of modernity.