Private View Friday 23 January, 6–9pmOpen Wednesday-Sunday, 12 – 6pm

Matt's Gallery, London and KARST, Plymouth are pleased to announce a year-long collaborative project with Annie Whiles.

Doorway Guardians is a series of three large woodcarvings by Whiles. They combine the imagery and culture of British seaside destinations with the media and methods of sacred painted medieval carvings, while echoing the artist's memories of molded-plastic charity collection boxes of the 1960s and '70s.

They are designed to sit in the entranceways and thoroughfares of gallery buildings. Their role as divine attendants is to be preoccupied but open, listening and on watch, to be touched. Throughout 2026 they will simultaneously occupy entrance spaces at Matt's Gallery in London and KARST in Plymouth.

Matt's Gallery

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