Аrt’otel London Hoxton is renowned for its art initiatives and support for young galleries and artists. The hotel opened a couple of years ago on the site of the legendary Foundry art studios, which were home to many artists, including Banksy. His big mural is located on one of the hotel’s walls.
The hotel offers an extensive programme: artist residencies, art events and gallery space for the most daring exhibitions, from digital immersive shows to conceptual installations.
Last week, the hotel opened a new exhibition by English artist Hermione Allsopp, curated by Tatjana Beaujoin and Anzhela Popova, founders of ADH Gallery. On 20 November, the artist will also give a personal tour of the exhibition.
The exhibition is built upon a striking juxtaposition of old and new — a dialogue between the futuristic space of art’otel and the found objects that Allsopp transforms into sculptural works with renewed identity and meaning.
Through a meticulous process of deconstruction and reconfiguration, Allsopp unveils the intangible realities embedded in once-mundane objects. Carefully arranged within the sleek, contemporary setting, her pieces stir visitors’ memories and evoke a quiet sense of nostalgia. Some are composed into abstract forms that carry a touch of irony in their new existence; others are transformed completely, granted an entirely new life.
As both creator and guardian, Allsopp moves through the world with a discerning eye, rediscovering the overlooked features of the everyday. In her work, she layers traces of the past with the immediacy of the present, maintaining a delicate balance between remembrance and renewal. Rather than criticising human attachment to objects, she honours it — preserving memory while allowing new identities to emerge. Her sculptures whisper dual affirmations from the artist to her creations: “I remember you” and “I’ve got you.”
Objects that once defined our sense of self become monuments in Allsopp’s hands. Paying tribute to the past, they rebel against obsolescence, asserting their continued presence: “I still exist. I am here.” In a world increasingly consumed by virtual experience, Allsopp’s works bring us back to the tactile and the human, grounding us in.
Working with non-artistic, found materials, she challenges traditional notions of beauty, valuing authenticity and transformation over surface appeal. By reinterpreting the familiar, she imbues these objects with emotional depth – witnesses of time and of themselves. Through this act of reanimation, Allsopp’s sculptures remind us that even within decay and loss, there is renewal.
On 20 November, Hermione Allsopp will give a personal tour of the exhibition, followed by a discussion of her practice in dialogue with Claudia Kappenberg, curator and artist. The collaboration between Kappenberg and Allsopp resulted in the video art piece “On the Edge”, in which they both explore the fragility of contemporary society. “On the Edge” will also be screened at the art’otel London Hoxton cinema as part of the artist talk. This is a unique opportunity to talk about attitude towards the past and present through a change of perspective.
Information about the artist talk:
Free admission
Date: 20 November, 6 p.m.
art’otel gallery space
minus 2nd floor
art’otel London Hoxton
1-3 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3DT
