EXHIBITION REVIEW
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026 – 18TH EDITION
July 10 – 23, 2026
ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London

ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with YMX Arts, is proud to announce the great success of the 18th edition of LONDON CONTEMPORARY, a dynamic international exhibition opened in London on July 10, 2026 at ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space and on view until July 23, 2026. The exhibition highlights the artistic research of international creators, reflecting on how new identities transform within contemporary spaces.

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LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026 analyses the relationship between body and space, and the hybridisation between identities and cultural, physical, social, urban settings in contemporary times. Inspired by London’s unique atmosphere, the exhibition examines how the city’s dynamic energy shapes personal narratives, influencing how individuals explore the connections between desires, needs, and fears through rituals that bring humankind to change and evolve.

Within this framework, a profound and psychological narrative emerges in the practice of Georgina Cox. Her painting “Deer Logic” captures the precise, devastating moment the body realizes it has become prey. The figure lifts antlers to her own head, not as a heroic transformation, but as an intimate recognition of vulnerability and exposure. A red point of light on her forehead echoes a rifle sight, marking the stillness of the freeze response when fight or flight disappear and the body simply stops. Through a suspended atmosphere, Cox reflects on the strange clarity that accompanies fragility: the figure does not run or fight, but simply accepts her visibility and exposure within the space, embodying the repeating realization: I am deer.

A compelling conceptual counterpoint is offered by Meryem Doğan, whose bronze sculpture introduces an intriguing dialogue between human anatomy and existential stillness. Labeled as a brilliant physical topography of the mind, Doğan shifts the exploration of identity into a surreal, meditative realm, turning the organ of thought into a literal landscape of introspection. This sense of interior exploration and environmental negotiation extends into the work of Henrietta Sophia Wallace-Dunlop. Her expressive visual language navigates the boundaries between personal memory and shared cultural settings, using texture, form, and layered compositions to bridge the gap between internal emotions and external spaces. Her research functions as a living archive where the human presence is deeply felt through the material traces left behind, exploring how personal trauma and history reshape our perception of the surrounding world.

A final dimension of contemporary adaptation is introduced in Tova‘s artistic research. Focused on the fluid and constantly shifting nature of modern identity, her practice analyzes the human form not as a fixed entity, but as a dynamic system capable of changing, adapting, and reclaiming its presence within the complex networks of the metropolis. In Tova’s Eclipse series, swirling currents of crimson, gold, and black converge into a vortex, evoking identity caught mid-transformation. Together, these artists construct a dynamic and interconnected narrative in which the body is no longer a stable or singular entity, but a site of continuous transformation shaped by emotional, psychological, and environmental forces within the pulsating energy of London, offering new perspectives on the evolving relationship between self and space in our time.

organized by ITSLIQUID Group
curator Luca Curci
gallery manager Massimiliano Gordiani
general manager Giulia Tassi
project manager Amaride Ferrante
project coordinator Annachiara Recchia
graphic designer Sara De Rosa

EXHIBITION DAYS
July 11 – 23, 2026
Tuesday – Saturday | 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM

VENUE ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space
253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG

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