Timothy Taylor presents Room in Rome, an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the great Peruvian artist and writer Jorge Eielson (1924–2006).
Presented in collaboration with the Jorge Eielson Archive and Study Center, the exhibition centres on a critical moment in Eielson’s career when, in his mid-twenties, he moved from his native Lima to Europe, settling first in Paris and then in Rome. By situating Eielson’s work alongside the European artists he encountered during this period—including Alberto Burri, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, and Antoni Tàpies—Room in Rome explores the fertile, cross-cultural ground from which Eielson’s landmark Quipus paintings emerged and elaborates a greater global context for Eielson’s highly personal visual work. This exhibition is accompanied by a text written by Luis Rebaza-Soraluz and inaugurates a full year of events and programmes organised by the committee of the centenary of the artist.
Room in Rome shares a title with Eielson’s seminal 1952 book of poems, in which the artist reflects on his acclimatisation to the Italian city. Therein, he engages the metaphor of a knot to describe various entanglements—of past and present, centre and periphery, novelty and tradition, awe and agony.
| Duration | 01 February 2024 - 09 March 2024 |
| Times | Tuesday to Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday 11am - 5pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | Timothy Taylor |
| Address | 15 Bolton Street, London, W1J 8BG |
| Contact | 442074093344 / mail@timothytaylor.com / www.timothytaylor.com/ |