Exhibition Details

Gallery FUMI presents the third edition of Casa al Mare (translated to 'house by the sea') at 2–3 Hay Hill, London. Now an established fixture of the gallery’s summer programme, the exhibition returns this year with a curation drawn toward the spare beauty of the Aeolian Islands: volcanic stone, hues lightened by the sun, the particular quality of light over still water.
The works gathered here share an attentiveness to raw material, surface and weight, punctuated by bright moments of colour. Each material–stone, gypsum, wood, ceramic, metal—is handled with the craft and restraint that the Mediterranean context calls for.
Central to this year’s presentation are works by Voukenas Petrides in stone and gypsum, materials that embody the geological character of the islands that inspire the show. Cut and worked by hand, the pairing of the two materials—one dense and enduring, the other soft and powdery—sets up a tension that is central to the work’s appeal.
Max Lamb presents work from the Scrap Poly series, shown this year in tones that sit comfortably within the sun-bleached palette of the showcase. Built from stacked and hand-cut blocks of polystyrene, sealed in a glossy polyurethane finish that unifies the irregular, textured surface into a single cohesive form.
Sam Orlando Miller presents mirror works whose layered, gilded surfaces recall the balance of naturalism, symbolism and formal clarity of Italian Renaissance painting. These guiding principles are interpreted by Miller in a singular, contemporary visual language defined by abstract geometries and colour.
Tuomas Markunpoika presents a coffee table, console and chair in tadelakt plaster in a polished finish, in hues reminiscent of sand, subtly varied in tone and warm to the eye. The forms are rounded and unhurried, their hard-soft appearance giving each an air of both gravity and lightness.
Carlès & Demarquet, Casey McCafferty, Allan Collins, Bregje Sliepenbeek, Emma Witter, Jie Wu, Simon Klenell, Saelia Aparicio, JAMESPLUMB, Jeremy Anderson, Francesco Perini, Study O Portable complete the exhibition with works that together extend the show’s material range, from glass and ceramics to textile and wood.