Vital Void

Body serves as a subject through which the world is experienced and an authentic documentation of one’s memories, emotions, personal stories, as well as intergenerational histories. It is not solid or fixed, but rather always in flux, defined as much as by the changes as by the presence. While being accustomed to materiality, the internal space, which is felt not seen, is sometimes overlooked and requires more attention.

To further explore the power embedded in one’s body, Tiderip’s upcoming exhibition Vital Void invites six painters whose practices put bodies into time and space, realistic, imaginary or otherwise, to create narratives which both are true to individuals and evoke collective resonance. Through the paintings we’re exhibiting, we want to explore what a body contains, look into its limitations and boundaries, investigate its relation to the larger socio-geographical context. By going back to the essentials, we try to provide an opportunity for the audience to rethink about our own beings and existences.

Presented by Tiderip Gallery

In collaboration with: Yue Yu

Artists involved: Garance Bray; Tom Halsall; Katie Kaur; Jennifer Nieuwland; Madeleine O’Donnell; Ngai Ning Yu

25th July - 23rd August 2025

Tiderip Gallery, 9b Battersea Square, London SW11 3RA