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The Bomb Factory Art Foundation is pleased to present Fleurs D’Ivry, a collaborative exhibition by Henry Coleman and Peter Fillingham, running from 27th of February at our Holborn Gallery Space. Rooted in Coleman’s engagement with Ivry-sur-Seine—a radical architectural experiment on the periphery of Paris—this show examines themes of visibility and perception within the context of late modernist design and social architecture.
Throughout the exhibition, Coleman and Fillingham dig into the ways architectural spaces shape how we move and connect. In a world increasingly mediated by glass—shop windows, windscreens, phone screens—Fleurs D’Ivry asks what happens when we start noticing the frames that dictate what we see and how we move.
The neighbourhood of Ivry-sur-Seine is primarily defined by its radical reinvention in the late 1960s under architects Jean Renaudie and Renée Gailhoustet. Commissioned in 1969 by the city’s communist leadership, their master plan broke from linear modernism, creating intricate, evolving spaces shaped by diagonals to foster housing and social life. Coleman and Fillingham’s sculptures echo this dynamic, reflecting its rhythms and complexities.
In the Window Gallery, a series of brightly lit, vividly coloured structures walk the line between signage and sculpture. Inside the main gallery, a glass corridor slices through the space, forcing distance while framing fragmented views of Fillingham’s Being Here—a scatter of sculptures bursting in sharp diagonals of colour and reflection. The exhibition engages in a dialogue with its surroundings, offering a live exploration of the potential and limitations of designing for the human experience.
PRIVATE VIEW: Friday 28th Feb, 6-8pm
LOCATION: 99 & 105 Kingsway, WC2B 6QX
DATES: 27th Feb - 16th March
TIMES: Thurs - Sat, 12-6pm