FIT IT, Leo Fitzmaurice

The Town is the Gallery, Convenience Pop Up @ Former M&S

FIT IT is a new site-specific work by artist Leo Fitzmaurice at the Convenience Pop Up in the Old M&S on Birkenhead High Street, as part of The Town is the Gallery programme. 

Leo has said: "As with much of my work it is really a response to existing material - in this case the physical fabric of the store itself. In particular the wall paneling, which struck me as having a satisfying logic to it - as many functional things do. Taking these simple linear panels to form a housing for a paired down alphabet - I then lined the walls with words associated with the original function of the space."

The result of this process and practice is a large-scale installation of text work that can be read simultaneously as text or viewed as a graphic pattern. 

About Leo Fitzmaurice: 

I try to come to projects without any preconceptions and ideas, usually starting with some sort of observation. Having said that, I do have particular themes that I return to, particularly the push/pull of language within our environment: things such as signage, packaging, flyers and posters. I rework this sort of material keeping its energy but changing its original intention. 

Exhibition has been documented by Benjamin Nuttall.

Browse full exhibition document here - to request further photography of exhibit please contact conveniencegallery@outlook.com

See more from Leo Fitzmaurice at his website: http://www.leofitzmaurice.com

Exhibition is a part of Convenience Gallery, The Town is the Gallery. Curated & Produced with Andrew Shaw & Ryan Gauge, with thanks to Les Weston, Wirral Council, East Street Arts & Kindred LCR. Borough of Culture 2024.