Group Exhibition of UK Artists: The Way We Live Now

Omphalos River takes Pato Bosich's London into a new realm of vision, where the maelstrom, spiral, and water vortex appear, embodying the hermetic principle "as above, so below." Born from the artist's mythical narratives and countless walks through the city, the river bend around Rotherhithe mingles with architectural elements from various London locations. The historic Mayflower pub appears as an actual raft, evoking the Pilgrim Fathers' departure from this same place.

Dream of the Cave III transforms the artist's studio into both a treehouse and water mill—spaces of transformation and creative metamorphosis. Elements from the actual studio are reimagined and relocated beyond London to wherever the artist travels in his imagination. The studio, with its window, table, and sacred circle of creation, becomes a portable sanctu-ary that moves with the artist's vision. This represents the coming together of two different realities: the physical workspace and the realm of imagination.

Together, these artists represent a distinctly contemporary voice: multi-cultural, literature-influenced, intimate yet universal. They paint not the iconic London of postcards but the London you inhabit daily—its light, its corners, its psychological spaces, its ongoing stories of arrival and belonging. Their work suggests that the most profound artistic statements emerge not from distance but from sustained attention to what is closest at hand. These contemporary painters transform the immediate and overlooked into something both deeply local and universally resonant. They are artists who have learned to read their world closely, and in doing so, reveal the poetry inherent in proximity itself. They prove that the most profound art can come from the closest, most familiar territory – if you look with a poet’s eye, and listen carefully.