Quilla Constance – Teasing Out Contingencies
17 June 2023 - 7 January 2024
Teasing Out Contingencies is an exhibition by Quilla Constance at The Higgins Bedford
Artists & Associates
Experience a new painting installation by interdisciplinary artist Quilla Constance (aka QC). QC’s artworks for this exhibition are set against opulent interiors from Buckingham Palace and inspired by performative interactions and conversations with the public across London and the South East, through a series of performance workshops at Tate Exchange/Tate Modern in 2019.
Quilla Constance BBC Sounds Interview with Andy Collins
Quilla Constance BBC news article
Quilla Constance FAD magazine review
Quilla Constance on BBC 3 Counties Radio
Teasing Out Contingencies at The Higgins Bedford
QC’s new oil paintings feature opulent interiors from Buckingham Palace, drawing on artistic techniques of realism, abstraction and surrealism; incorporating playful and subversive depictions of cultural objects and carnivalesque interactions with people from Bedford, London and overseas.
This project began with a series of ‘QC Open Studio’ performance workshops at Tate Modern in 2019 ‘seeking to cross borders, confront stereotypes, and challenge gender, race and class inequalities’ – Further to this, Teasing Out Contingencies seeks to explore ‘What is British society now and where are we going?’ – a timely question as we emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic, and as we re-examine our relationships with British monarchy, following the recent passing of the Queen and the coronation of Charles III.
Take a listen to Quilla’s Latest interview with BBC3 Counties Radio about the exhbition and explore these themes in more detail.
QC’s works for this show also reference her collaboration with presenter-comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan for the TV docuseries ‘Rob & Romesh Vs Art’, Sky One. Take a look at some of her appearance below:
Rob & Romesh vs Art
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Supported by Bedford College, The Higgins Bedford, and funded by Arts Council England.
