The Box | Lindsey Mendick: By A Thread
1 May-4 Jul 2026
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is pleased to present By A Thread, a sculptural installation by Lindsey Mendick in The Box, the gallery's micro-project space.
In this work, gilded moths feast on the lustrous vessel and its plush hand-knitted surroundings, nibbling holes in fabric and fraying the edges of clay. Throughout Mendick's practice, insects such as cockroaches, caterpillars, and moths proliferate, acting as symbols of infestation and bodily unease. She evokes the sensation of something internal gradually eating away at the body, whether it be grief, anxiety, memory, or desire. Through this interplay of the seductive and the abject, By A Thread explores vulnerability, beauty, and destruction as simultaneous truths.