limb by limb, beginning the careful process of deconstruction and reconstruction…

ALICE BLACK is proud to present ‘Resurrect’, a monumental new installation by British artist’s Rachael Louise Bailey (b.1975) and Johnny Woodford (b.1962). The collaborative work will see a large section of a fallen oak tree resurrected in the gallery.

‘Resurrect' will be appearing in a number of forms, at a variety of site-specific locations - this exhibition at our Soho, London space will mark its first exhibit. Harbouring strong environmental underpinnings, ‘Resurrect’ is intended to shine a critical spotlight on the crucial role of trees in our time of climate crisis and on the nature of human intervention in the natural world.

Quercus Robur, 1810-2019 once stood on the edge of woodland in West Sussex, where starved of light it fell before its time. Discovered in the Spring of this year and with the agreement of the land-owners, Bailey and Woodford removed the 200 year old Oak, limb by limb, beginning the careful process of deconstruction and reconstruction.