‘Taste'
A ‘TASTE’ of OHSH Projects in Los Angeles will be a taste of the British art scene, a cross-section of the artists the project space has exhibited since their foundation three years ago. In 2021, the idea for OHSH Projects was conceived in the wake of the pandemic, in response to the lack of opportunities for contemporary artists and the proliferation of empty shopfronts across London. This being a direct result of Brexit, a long-term conservative government, as well as the pandemic. After the pandemic Britain entered a recession and a bleak period, much like Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s.
However, times of hardship tend to produce the most exciting and engaging art, OHSH Projects is a reflection of new wave of art being made in Britain. By artists who are from the UK and who have come to London and the UK from across the globe, searching for the means to continue making and exhibiting their work, despite socioeconomic hardship. ‘TASTE’ will include work by twenty-five OHSH exhibitors alongside five Wönzimer exhibitors, each of whom present a unique vision at differing stages of their careers. The hardships of Britain are echoed in the United States – like Brexit, their politics looking inward, creating division and austerity. Yet, the art exhibited by Wönzimer echoes a sense of playful hope through a critical lens.
Dale Adcock
Haydn Albrow
Jon Baker
Magda Balsinska
Gary Brewer
Jonny Briggs
Rebecca Byrne
Charlie Chesterman
Jamie John Davies
Samantha Fellows
Hester Finch
Rosie Gibbens
Alexander Gilmour
Henry Glover
Joshua Goode
Guy Haddon Grant
Lucile Haefflinger
Lisa Ivory
Mark Jackson
Lucien Dante Lazar
Hynek Martinec
Jemima Moore
Justin Mortimer
Alaïa Parhizi
Miroslav Pomichal
Joshua AM Ross
Moussa David Saleh
Jonathan Tignor
Cheyann Washington
Hugo Winder-Lind