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Es Devlin: Congregation

Over a five month period from April till August 2024, 50 strangers came one by one to my studio in south east London. Each arrived dressed in a suit, as if for a formal occasion. I knew only their first name, and nothing else about them except that at some point in their lives they had experienced forced displacement from their birth country.


Limited Edition Portfolio Es Devlin Congregation
Limited Edition Portfolio Es Devlin Congregation
Limited Edition Portfolio Es Devlin Congregation
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Limited Edition Portfolio Es Devlin Congregation

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An edition of 50 plus 5 artist’s proofs, this limited edition print has been produced for the exhibition Congregation by Es Devlin.

20% of the sale price of this limited-edition Print will be donated to United Kingdom for UNHCR, a registered charity (number 1183415). 

 

  • Hand numbered and signed by the artist.
  • Giclée print on 330gsm Somerset Velvet 100% cotton rag paper.
  • Edition size: 300 mm x 375 mm. 
  • Each print comes complete with a certificate of authenticity.
  • Printed in the UK by King & McGaw.

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I drew them in chalk and charcoal on grey cardboard, seated, lit from their right, holding an empty box on their lap like a gift. We listened to Max Richter’s recomposition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, we looked directly into one another’s eyes, we didn’t speak at all.

After 45 minutes, when the recording reached track 14, Shadow 1, we paused the drawing and recorded an interview. They told me their story, how they came to be in London, sometimes having travelled decades ago as small children, sometimes weeks ago on small boats. After the interview, we resumed the drawing, continuing
the conversation as we worked. I took photos before they left the studio, to help me finish the work later alone.

It’s an unusual privilege to be granted such intimate access to a stranger, such a sustained encounter with the assumptions, perspectives and biases we inevitably overlay onto the face of the other. As always, a portrait of another is also a self portrait. Each of the portrait sitters is a co-author of the work. Each is depicted holding a gift expressed in vivid colour which we evolved together from their stories. Congregation brings the portraits together as an illuminated sculpture within St Mary l.e. Strand church, a collective portrait of those who bring their gifts to London. - Es Devlin

Es Devlin will unveil CONGREGATION, a new large-scale choral installation she has created in support of UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, at St Mary Le Strand from 4 – 9 October 2024. The work, curated by Ekow Eshun, is commissioned by Kings College London in partnership with The Courtauld.

The work will be free and open to the public daily from 10am till 9pm with free public choral performances at 7pm each evening (except for 07/10/2024) from Friday 4th October until Wednesday 9th October, to coincide with Frieze London.

To book a ticket click here