Andrew Nicholls, Invocation of Venus (detail), 2021-2023, archival ink pen, white ink and watercolour on watercolour paper
Comprising drawings, ceramics and ritual objects created by artist Andrew Nicholls, The Majestical Firmament represents the first stage in a multi-year project developing a new divinatory system based around traditions of Western Planetary Magick.
The centrepiece of the exhibition are a series of large-scale ink and watercolour drawings for future translation into trump cards for a forthcoming cartomancy deck, complemented by smaller ink drawings to form part of the deck’s suits. Rendered in Nicholls’ trademark high-camp style, the works depict personifications of the seven traditional magickal ‘planets’ (including the sun and moon) identified by ancient peoples prior to the invention of the telescope.
OPENING // Saturday 1 February, 2-4pm.