EXHIBITIONS

Beautility – Serchia Gallery, January 18 - February 23, 2024 (Five typologies of vernacular architecture by Jethro Marshall).

The work includes five series of black & white photographs. These typologies, presented separately and in combination, feature vernacular architecture covering the tenets of rural life - agriculture, community, tourism & faith. The typologies are presented without judgement or drama, their similarities & nuances amplified when presented alongside one another. The lack of concession to decorative design or whimsy plant these 'modern’ structures as quiet, utilitarian features that sit back in our landscape, fit for purpose, without pretence, elegant in their modest individuality.

With obvious reference to the Bechers, these collections of structures tell stories not of relics from an industrial past at the end of their lifespan, but of buildings in part time use - measured, oblique documentary recordings rather than rigorous architectural portraits.

The exhibition sees work from the last 4 years come together in a gallery context, the first time the images have been printed and shared. They are one part architectural, one part sociological but mainly the presentation of an enthusiasts collection - the aim of sharing the beauty of the under documented, the restrained and the municipal. Curated, printed, mounted, framed & hung in Bristol.