From Floor to Sky

I mentioned From Floor to Sky recently at the P3 Gallery recently, describing it as mega, and it is just that. Firstly, the space is awesome, tucked away beside Westminster college on the Marylebone Road. You enter via a gate, then down a stair case into essentially a car park where you follow unclear directions wondering if you going the right way, finally entering through a grey doorway into the huge gallery. The first thing that struck me was the lighting, (or the lack of it); comtemporary sculpture is normally flooded by pure white light but at the P3 it is so much more personal, even emotional. The lighting of Carolyne Kardia's plaster floor piece (sorry, cant find an image) is perfect, elevating the work in the best possible way. There is an early work by Bill Woodrow, Untitled 1971, spanning sculpture, photography and (conceptual) installation but making perfect sense. Richard Deacon punches hard with his floor standing forms and Nina Danino does exactly the opposite with her narrative slide film 'First Memory' 1981. The pace is the key for this piece, any quicker and your contemplative time would be insufficient but any slower and you may be in danger of a comatose state. The balance and timing is right, giving beautiful results.
If you hadn't guessed it already, I highly recommend From Floor to Sky, which ends soon, on the 4th April.