Current Exhibition

CRISPR @ 80 - Duncan MacAskill - 7 November 2024 – 12 January 2025

Vigo is proud to present CRISPR @ 80. The exhibition presents works predominantly from 2019 to the present day taken from Duncan MacAskill’s ongoing DNA paintings series which lies at the core of his practice.

Duncan MacAskill is a London-based visual artist whose work has been presented in a range of contexts including large-scale commission for Sadlers Wells and installations at the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station. MacAskill has exhibited with Vigo Gallery since 2014. Selected solo shows include: ArtsAdmin (2004 to the current day), Saatchi Gallery, Djanogly University Gallery and Reed’s Wharf Gallery.

MacAskill, who is close to the world of theatre and performance, has also worked with BBC Television: Almeida Theatre; Royal Court Theatre and Queen Elizabeth Hall, as well as collaborations with Nicole Fahri and Ally Capellino. MacAskill works are included in the collections of institutions ranging from Tate Britain to Beth DeWoody’s The Bunker Artspace.

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Past exhibitions include: 

• Haraz, by Ibrahim El-Salahi . Comprised of works from both El-Salahi's celebrated Tree series, many of which featured in his 2013 Tate Modern retrospective, and more recent Pain Relief works on paper and canvas, the exhibition reflects El-Salahi’s fascination with the Haraz tree, indigenous to Sudan.
• Prost, by Henry Krokatsis. The exhibition included an installation that transformed the interior space of Wellington Arch. In place of fine hardwoods, Krokatsis’ functional yet subversive remake of the floor used two tonnes of discarded material.
• Invincible Summer, by Erin Lawlor. The exhibition depicted snapshots of windows of time in the studio and come to encapsulate that peculiar life-drive that goes hand in hand with the hardest of times.

• In and Through, by Matthew Burrows. The exhibition included larger scale works by Matthew Burrows, the fruition of his In and Through series which he developed during the COVID pandemic.  

• Vertical Planes, by artist Jordy Kerwick. Vertical Planes is a playful reaction to history - or alternate histories - of Wellington Arch and some of the characters immortalised by it.

• Pain Relief, by artist Ibrahim El-Salahi. Work on display was created by the Sudanese Oxford-based artist between 2016-2018 from the comfort of an armchair when he refused to let physical restriction limit his ambition.