Exhibition 'Nick Goss: Morley's Mirror' in Pallant House Gallery
Nick Goss (b. 1981) reimagines his home city of London, transforming the cityscape and its interior spaces to explore themes of displacement, natural disaster and the psychology of place.
In his large-scale narrative paintings Goss combines observations of everyday life in his South London urban surroundings with impressions of the Netherlands’ 1953 Zeeland flood and JG Ballard’s pioneering work of climate fiction, The Drowned World. He uses a collage-based approach that layers scavenged imagery drawn from personal memories, contemporary culture and historical events, collapsing time and space.
To create a visual conversation with his paintings, Goss has selected works from the Gallery’s collection by Modern British artists who continue to inspire him, including Michael Andrews, Edward Burra and Paul Nash.
