Exhibition
Pavel Otdelnov. Estates: Fragile Utopia
9 Apr-20 Apr 2026
Lewisham Arthouse
London SE14 6PD
Overview
Pavel Otdelnov’s Estates: Fragile Utopia examines post-war British council housing as the material remnants of a fractured social contract. From his perspective as a Londoner raised in the USSR, the artist approaches these estates not simply as elements of national architectural heritage but as traces of a shared transnational modernist utopia, paralleling Soviet mass housing ambitions.
Drawing on research into post-war urban plans, Geoffrey Jellicoe’s Motopia, the Aylesbury Estate, and the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens, Otdelnov challenges narratives of decline, reframing these spaces as unresolved utopian residues within the context of today’s housing crisis.
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