Having been popping up in different locations in Soho and Covent Garden, Unit London has at last settled down in its new home at 3 Hanover Square. Their new space sets the aesthetics of a contemporary gallery space, especially the highly polished concrete floor finish on the ground floor, against quirky features of the existing building such as exposed concrete floor beams, broken cornices and industrial wooden floor in the lower floor, with the two floors joined by a new staircase insertion.
For their opening in the new space at 3 Hanover Square (conveniently opposite BlainSouthern), South African artist Ryan Hewett brought his colourful and geometric (at times almost art deco) exhibition ‘Garden’ to the former Citibank offices, quite a transformation, while downstairs there was work by a number of different artists, perhaps a taster for the Summer Exhibition which opens later this week. Things move quickly at Unit London!