Inhabitants

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Inhabitants is an exhibition hosted in an 18th century Huguenot house in Spitalfields, owned by the renowned architectural historian, author and TV presenter, Dan Cruickshank.

Made up of paintings, drawings and objects by Marenka Gabeler and Sarah Douglas, the installation explores how the personal and emotional significance we ascribe to certain inanimate objects or images allows them to transcend their ordinary physical make-up, becoming sacred, or other.

Here, EXHIBIT was commissioned by the artists to design the exhibition and lighting idea with minimal physical impact and visual distraction because the building’s 18th century historical fabric could not be touched. Candles were carefully used to create accent lighting which helped viewers identify and explore the paintings from the many other eclectic objects in the room.

Gabeler and Douglas are both recent graduates from the Royal College of Art’s MA in painting. Their work has been widely exhibited and collected. Inhabitants is their first collaborative project.