Grace Saint – ’40 Hours Devotion’

11/09/25 till 17/09/25

The first full and dedicated exhibition of the forty works Saint made under their residence in The Cave at 41a Hawley Square over the forty hours Jesus was entombed over Easter.
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40 Hours Devotion (Cave Christ) was Saint’s first foray into alternative darkrooms, the dark and solitary performance transformed the underground chalk smugglers cave into a functioning darkroom, studio and austere hermetic living space. The Cave, accessed via a trapdoor in their kitchen, had no red lighting system and only a tealight was used to expose the photographic paper. The charcoal frottages were taken from the chalky cave walls revealing heavenly figures, cryptic symbols and praying hands. The sacred performance took its inspiration from the Catholic liturgical action Quarantorre, and manifested as a durational prayer begging for the resulting forty apparitions.

Private View

Sat 13th of September