Surface Tension opens at Pump House

Pump House Gallery and Czech Centre London have launched an exhibition of new and existing work by sisters Pavla and Lucia Sceranková.

This will be their first major exhibition in the UK and will reflect the visual, material and conceptual influences on their work and its context.

The sisters have developed the show in response to the unique architecture of the gallery and its setting in Battersea.

Curator Ned McConnell says that there is a sense of risk or unease which runs through all of the works. He adds that Pavla and Lucia have different practices, although the thematic elements are similar and they often start with a childhood memory.

Tension is at the heart of the exhibition, both between the two artists’ and the physical closeness in which their art is presented and the physical tension within many of the works.

The exhibition runs until June 11^th.