Well Hung Gallery is proud to present These Corroded Poems, a striking new solo exhibition by British artist Joseph Loughborough. In this evocative body of work, Loughborough turns his gaze inward, charting emotional landscapes and existential tensions through bold, figurative drawings that speak to the complexities of the human condition.
In These Corroded Poems, the sea—both literal and metaphorical—becomes a recurring motif: a vast, psychological landscape where the self is weathered, reshaped, and revealed.
In his most ambitious series to date, Joseph Loughborough invites us into a world shaped by salt, myth, and allegory. Inspired by Samuel Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, these works reimagine the sea as a psychological space, where each composition evolves as a weathered poem exploring his unapologetic creative style.
Whether you are new to Loughborough’s work or have followed his evolution, this exhibition offers an intimate encounter with an artist pushing the boundaries of figurative expression—where gesture becomes language, and silence, meaning.
Born in Gosport in 1981 and shaped by the desolate boatyards and tidal edges of Portsmouth, Loughborough’s formative environment continues to inform his raw, gestural visual language. A graduate of Portsmouth University in Illustration, his practice has evolved through years spent immersed in the cultural atmospheres of London, Paris, and Berlin. Now based once again in London, his work resonates with the introspection of lived experience and philosophical inquiry.
Rendered primarily in charcoal, ink, and gold leaf, Loughborough’s solitary figures inhabit a space between ritual and reverie. Their fractured forms and haunted expressions evoke moments of introspection, defiance, and quiet transformation. Influenced by the existential writings of Camus and Kierkegaard, his compositions explore the delicate balance between chaos and control, vulnerability and resilience.
These Corroded Poems – A Solo Exhibition by Joseph Loughborough
Exhibition Dates: 20 June – 12 July
Venue: Well Hung Gallery, 239 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG
