SOLO SHOW
THE FINCH PROJECT

65A Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia
LONDON W1T 2NU

October 8-15, 2024

The Finch Project is pleased to present Sophie Kitching’s new exhibition “IDIOMS” on view in Fitzrovia from October 8 to October 15, concurrently with Frieze London 2024. Derived from the ancient Greek word “idioma,” which means “peculiar phraseology”, the intimate exhibition offers a comprehensive exploration of the artist’s own language and means of expression. Sophie Kitching’s pictorial writing becomes detectable as her own “peculiar language” through a range of mediums, including paintings on paper and polycarbonate panel, oil paintings on canvas and board. A small-scale ‘French Window’ allows her to further expand her research on colour into the third dimension.

Invisible Green 46, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour, crayons on canvas
100 x 81 cm

Invisible Green 45, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour, crayons on canvas
100 x 81 cm

Invisible Green 47, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour, crayons on canvas
100 x 81 cm

French Window (Checkers), 2019
acrylic, mylar, colored filters, iridescent film
26 x 21 x 12 cm

“Idioms” hold the idea of a dual meaning, also of note in the selected works on view. In particular, the polycarbonate and two-way mirror painting ‘Untitled (Idioms)’ invites our own reflection and surroundings to become part of the piece, thus multiplying its perception and perspective. The ‘Spread’ series on calligraphy paper offer a dual interpretation, evoking both the diffusion of watercolour stains and the double-page itself enhanced with printed red margins. In “IDIOMS”, Sophie Kitching expands her body of work ‘Invisible Green’ with a triptych of new paintings invoking the power of nature as a universal language. Dark aubergine hues, red and orange brushstrokes contrast with olive greens, light viridian pigments and blue lavender, while a significant part of the white canvas is left untouched. Like a silent pause, these breathing spaces allow for the painted surface to reveal itself. The unsaid in a conversation is often what is hidden or implied in the speech, a suspended place where a deeper understanding can unfold. Each work presented embodies as such, in its void and filled surfaces, a recording of time, instant, landscape, nature, light and movement. Duality and­ contrast are at play as the works respond to one another.

Untitled (Idioms), 2024
oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, two-way mirror on polycarbonate and acrylic mirror, aluminum frame
92 x 122,5 cm

Nocturnal I, 2024
oil on canvas board, walnut frame
61 x 46 cm

Nocturnal II, 2024
oil on canvas board, walnut frame
61 x 46 cm

Spread XXVI-XXIX, 2024
From the series ‘Pages in Crimson Red, Lavender blue, and Olive green’
Japanese watercolor on Chinese paper (Hunan)
each: 30 x 36 cm

Nocturnal I, 2024
oil on canvas board, walnut frame
61 x 46 cm

Invisible Green 40, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour on canvas
91 x 122 cm

Untitled (Idioms), 2024
oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, two-way mirror on polycarbonate and acrylic mirror, aluminum frame
92 x 122,5 cm

Invisible Green 45, 46 & 47, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour, crayons on canvas
each: 100 x 81 cm

Nocturnal II, 2024
oil on canvas board, walnut frame
61 x 46 cm

Invisible Green 46, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour on canvas
91 x 122 cm

Invisible Green 46 & 47, 2024
oil, Japanese watercolour, crayons on canvas
each: 100 x 81 cm