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MARC STRAUS is pleased to present a two-person exhibition of recent works by Chris Jones and Clive Smith. Entitled From Cellar to Garret, the exhibition is inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s book Poetics of Space and explores the significance of different spaces within architectural structures and how they shape our perceptions and experiences.

Referring to the entirety of a building, from the lowest to the highest point, the phrase “from the cellar to the garret” naturally contrasts the cellar with the garret (or attic); the cellar can be seen as a metaphor for the raw, introspective, and …