‘CHEAP LABOUR’ was shaped by a recent trip to Argentina which illustrated the realities of life within a country experiencing an annual inflation rate rise that has hit it’s highest level since 1991, stoking a painful cost-of living crisis and pushing poverty levels past 40% in the South American County.

This is by no means limited to Argentina with cost-of- living crisis’s affecting the U.K, energy and food price hikes across Europe and high profile labour disputes in both England and America, thus seemingly pointing to an inflection point in terms of labour and wealth distribution and a societal questioning of systems of hierarchy.

‘CHEAP LABOUR’ features works economically produced with found or waste materials, works that have an inherent collapse or instability built into them and works that challenge embedded value systems or ways of production.

The exhibition will also act as a cultural exchange, with curator Leo Babsky bringing the work of five Argentinian artists to London (Guillermina Baiguera, Santiago Delfino, Sofía Donovan, Iván Enquin and Luciana Rondolini) to exhibit alongside Paul Emmanuel (UK), Jessie Henson (USA), Holly Hooper (UK) and James Lomax (UK).

Artists:

Guillermina Baiguera (Argentina), Santiago Delfino (Argentina), Sofía Donovan (Argentina), Paul Emmanuel (UK), Iván Enquin (Argentina), Jessie Henson (USA), Holly Hooper (UK), James Lomax (UK) & Luciana Rondolini (Argentina)

Private View; 14th March 6 - 8pm.

Exhibition runs until April 6th.

Opening hours; Wed - Friday 11 - 6pm, Sat 12 - 5pm.