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In 'The Painter of Modern Life' (1863) Charles Baudelaire called upon artists to attempt to capture the fast-changing landscape of modern life by creating images of the ‘transient, the fleeting, the contingent…’ For Baudelaire modernity was located firmly in the city and just over 150 years later, for many, this remains the case. Urban space remains a key subject of enquiry for many artists.

'Transient Space' is a group show exploring different approaches to urban space in the work of six leading contemporary artists. The works included adopt a varied series of positions in …