‘Unknown Chelsea #3’ forms part of a series depicting what appears to be a cluster of architectural shapes assembled into a unit. The origin of these forms is always a image taken by Alastair with a 35mm camera and then processed digitally, although the final outcome retains a very distinctive organic feel. Alastair considers ‘Unknown Chelsea’ like a series of follies, which are hybrids of decoration and architecture: they look like architecture but have no practical use. They are, r…

‘Unknown Chelsea #3’ forms part of a series depicting what appears to be a cluster of architectural shapes assembled into a unit. The origin of these forms is always a image taken by Alastair with a 35mm camera and then processed digitally, although the final outcome retains a very distinctive organic feel.
Alastair considers ‘Unknown Chelsea’ like a series of follies, which are hybrids of decoration and architecture: they look like architecture but have no practical use. They are, rather, ornaments. The artist is interested in these details, and how they can easily be over-looked or dominated by the building as a whole. By taking these forms away from the building he allows them to form their own sculptural personalities. These works could also be reminiscent of the impossible constructions of CS Escher, in which one spatial element becomes an interlock or interphase giving onto another, in a way that is at once logical and paradoxical, and which explore notions of architecture, infinity and logic.
‘Unknown Chelsea #3’ is an archival pigment print printed on 315 gsm Cotton Rag paper. The edition of 50 hand numbered and embossed prints has been approved by the artist and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.

Alastair T. Willey was born Aldershot (1986) and currently lives and works in London. He holds a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, where he graduated with honors in 2008. Alastair co-founded The Pigeon Wing, an artist-run space based in South London and he is also director of the online pr…

Alastair T. Willey was born Aldershot (1986) and currently lives and works in London. He holds a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, where he graduated with honors in 2008. Alastair co-founded The Pigeon Wing, an artist-run space based in South London and he is also director of the online project TheBunkerGallery. In 2009 they were invited to participate in NEXT Art Fair in Chicago, where they showed the work of 18 London-based artists.

Alastair defines his artistic practice as "spatial adventures in architecture and history with conceptual methods of presentation". His works develop from personal encounters with space, especially at night, his favourite time for these explorations, using London as his playground to discover the architectural landscape of the city. He envisions himself as combination artist/explorer/adventurer. Another aspect of his practice is the idea of timelessness and how his works (should) come across as if they could have been made at any time period.