"Penny Goring's new creations, filled with both apprehension and admiration, are set to debut in London"
In the heart of London, the exhibition 'Penny Goring: Cold Hunt Corsage' is currently running at Arcadia Missa, with the show set to conclude on the 15th of April, 2025. This captivating display features the works of London-based artist Penny Goring, a unique blend of everyday materials and old-school computer technologies.
Goring's creations are large-scale Microsoft Paint collages, a medium she began exploring in 2012. Her works are a vibrant mix of fear and love for the world, layered with vulnerability, humour, anger, shame, and grief. They are a melting pot of emotion, weaving fable, memory, imagination, history, and the personal into the political, transforming into universal expressions of the state of emergency.
Goring's approach to her art is distinct. She avoids logical structures and monetized systems that operate under pressure to perform and deliver. Instead, she finds freedom in the limitations of MS Paint and the versatility of words, fonts, and image macros. Her works often contrast bold text with imagery, questioning paradise, as seen in the piece 'Prayer.'
One of the most striking pieces in the exhibition is 'Piggy,' where Goring's face is cut-out and featured, speaking to a naked vulnerability. The piece 'Wobble' showcases a disparity between gloriously gleaming sharp and precise materials, adding an intriguing contrast to the overall theme of the exhibition.
Goring describes her exhibition as a "magical territorial pissing," reflecting the raw and unfiltered nature of her art. Her works continue to exist because there's a lot to fear and a lot to love in this world. Everything she creates can be seen as a "suicide note," according to her own words.
For those interested in experiencing Goring's captivating works firsthand, the exhibition's website is arcadiamissa.com. Don't miss this thought-provoking display, running until the 15th of April, 2025, at Arcadia Missa, London.
