An exhibition that toured several sites including Piccadilly, Hanley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Bolton Gate Farm and Stoke.

Iwaszko brings a different meaning to that idea of looking during 2020/2021. Iwaszko stated ‘Whilst we all sit and watch and wait for the pandemic to disappear or we are all safely vaccinated, artists, theatres and performers are almost trapped in a time warp, looking for an interim way to survive and live’.

In ‘Red and Gold’ a woman sits alone in the circle, with only shadows to accompany her (all other figures have been painted out). She is socially distanced looking at the past, observing the present, watching and waiting.

Iwaszko explores current issues through a combination of painting, mixed media and installation. The painting hanging on the back of the seat evokes a painting hanging in an art gallery, and the image imitates a painting by Mary Cassatt, In the Loge 1878, about whose paintings much has been written in relation to looking, ways of seeing and the gaze.