Berntson Bhattacharjee is delighted to present What Mad Pursuit; Georg Wilson’s debut solo exhibition in London. The exhibition marks the opening of the gallery’s first permanent location in London, on Berners Street in Fitzrovia.
Wilson’s practice is directed by the cyclical change of the English seasons. Her paintings conjure peculiar stories, woven out of ancient and contemporary folkloric customs from across the calendar year, from equinox to equinox. This body of work was created for this time of year and the arrival of spring. The work draws inspiration from the folklore of matchmaking customs, love songs and literature ranging from pre-Christian culture to 16th century England. Wilson’s paintings evoke her own strange narratives out of this research, striking a delicate tension between intimacy and violence, between something soft and warm, and tooth and claw.