Workplace is delighted to announce that Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster will present a two-person exhibition at Baltic in April 2025. 

Laura Lancaster’s work centres around the figure, often abstracting its presence, which is intensified by the manipulation of paint, creating ambiguous and surreal imagery. The inspiration for Laura Lancaster's paintings, drawings and installations is found photographs, cine films and slides of strangers. Lancaster's process-orientated practice forms an ongoing dialogue between the languages of painting and photography, focusing on the manipulation of the tension between the visceral qualities of the paint and the image it depicts.

Rachel Lancaster uses painting as a means to slow down the act of looking, focusing the gaze on often overlooked scenes. She depicts detailed fragments of imagery disconnected from greater narratives, rendering these fragments both descriptive and abstract, suspenseful, and open-ended; within this, her strategic use of ambiguity creates resonant pauses, allowing emotional undercurrents to come forth and find resolve. She reveals the uncanny beauty and quiet spectacle that lies beyond the action.

A painting by Laura Lancaster of a figure stoof in a body of water next to a red canoe

United Kingdom

Gateshead

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Laura and Rachel Lancaster present an exhibition showcasing abstract and surreal works. Explore Laura's figure-based art and Rachel's detailed imagery, both rich in tension and ambiguity.

Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster

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Newcastle