Berntson Bhattacharjee is proud to present The Pump House; an exhibition of London-based emerging artists Rafaela de Ascanio, Kalman Pool and Jessie Stevenson. Each artist has taken over a floor of the Pump House in Battersea Park for their presentations of new work.
Built in 1861 to house a coal-fired steam engine and pump to circulate water in the park lake, by the 50s the The Pump House had fallen into abandonment and became known as ‘the Haunted House’. Now returned to its former glory, the Pump House is an important space for the arts, and exists in harmony with the nature surrounding it. Innovation being at the heart of the Pump House’s history, this is carried through to the exhibition, with each artist challenging themselves and their practice to create bold works using a combination of contemporary media.