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Vigo Gallery is delighted to present Prost*, a solo exhibition by British artist Henry Krokatsis. This year-long installation transforms the interior space of Wellington Arch, creating a functional yet subversive replacement for the existing floor.

Although based on the Waterloo Gallery’s intricate border parquet pattern in Wellington’s former residence across the road in Apsley House, in place of fine hardwoods, Krokatsis’ remake uses two tonnes of discarded material. Rejected wooden off-cuts, abandoned wardrobes and broken kitchen units foraged from skips, have been dismantled and …