Anne Desmet reveals her Olympic Metamorphoses at PM Gallery and House

Exhibition: Olympic Metamorphoses, PM Gallery and House, London, until May 27 2012

The futuristic flawlessness of the designs which won the Olympics for London seem to be enriched by Anne Desmet’s multi-layered examinations of them.

A neighbour of the central Olympic site, Desmet’s intrigue with the mass of construction going on around her has resulted in the Royal Academy of Arts artist exploring the circular forms of the stadium and velodrome, layering the different building phases on top of each other in abstract, map-like images.

She accompanies these collages with wood-engraved print portraits of Hackney marshes, as well as razor shells and roofing slate details of the stadium. They are made in tiles, stone, glass and scraps of the A-Z of London, surveying the geology of the terrain and the effect of the development.

Twelve of them are previously unseen, including two engravings of the Aquatics Centre and another, Olympic Shadows, which was presented to the Academy as part of Desmet’s Diploma Work which led to her election last year.

• Open 1pm-5pm (11am-5pm Saturday, closed Monday). Admission free.

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