EAU SAUVAGE Simon Moretti Mackintosh Lane 12 Mackintosh Lane London London E9 6AE 17-18 September 2022 Inspired by the transitory and experimental nature of Mackintosh Lane and its multiple identities as an artist studio, a non-profit gallery, occasional pied-a-terre and photographic studio, Simon Moretti presents new and existing works that aim to create a complex symbolic narrative as a part of an overall gesamtkunstwerk. This enigmatic display engages with issues of agency, temporality, automatism, desire and masculinity as well as continuing his ongoing investigation with 'curating as practice’. The exhibition will feature new works made with found and borrowed objects, a sculpture made with a well known iconic male fragrance, a new neon text an existing collage and photographic work. With thanks to Michael Anastassiades, Anna Higgins, Paul Heber-Percy, Goshka Macuga, David Noonan, Polys Peslikas. About Simon Moretti Simon Moretti is an artist based in London. His work deals with context and display through the use of appropriated images, archives, curatorial and publishing projects, often in collaboration with other artists. Recent exhibitions include Crocodile Cradle , PEER, London (2021); None of the Above , a project by John Armleder, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Brussels (2020); The Enigma of the Hour: 100 Years of Psycho-analytic Thought , with Goshka Macuga, Freud Museum, London (2019); A Utopian Stage: To Be Free is to Loose Sight of the Shore , curated by Vali Mahlouji, Dhaka Art Summit 18, Bangladesh (2018); Revolt of the Sage , with Craig Burnett, Blain Southern, London (2017); The Camera Exposed , curated by Marta Weiss, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2016). In September 2022 Ridinghouse will publish ABACUS by Simon Moretti (2022) charting ten years of his collage works by Moretti. It includes text contributions from writer Craig Burnett, curator and art historian Yuval Etgar, novelists Deborah Levy and Chloe Aridjis, and a conversation with writer Andrew Durbin, editor-in-chief of frieze Magazine. https://www.instagram.com/mackintoshlane_/ For general enquiries email : mackintoshlaneprojects@gmail.com