28/07/2026
Ever Baldwin & Magdalena Skupińska
Tuning Ground | Until 08 Aug
Cob | 84a Lamb’s Conduit Street, London, WC1N 3LT
Tuning Ground continues at Cob, a duo presentation bringing together new works by Ever Baldwin and Magdalena Skupińska. While distinct in approach, both artists treat painting as a site of material transformation, where natural processes become integral to the work itself.
Skupińska’s practice centres on the transformative properties of natural materials. Working with plant-derived pigments, minerals and organic compounds, she creates paintings through processes of extraction, layering and chemical change. Presented on arched wooden panels within hand-carved sapele surrounds inspired by Byzantine icon painting, these works incorporate materials including sandalwood, amber, lapis lazuli, cinnamon and turmeric. The resulting paintings balance abstraction with the material language of devotional painting, allowing each ingredient to shape the final composition.
Baldwin’s practice moves between painting and sculpture. Richly textured oil paintings, built with marble dust and wax, are set within hand-carved pine frames that have been charred or bleached before being finished with a milk paint wash. These sculptural frames extend the imagery beyond the canvas as bodies and architectural forms emerge and recede between recognition and abstraction.
Together, the works create a compelling dialogue between transformation, erosion and material presence.
Ever Baldwin
Gather me against it, 2026
Oil on canvas in bleached pine frame with milk paint wash
39.4 x 33 x 10.2 cm
18 x 12.5 x 5 inches
Magdalena Skupińska
Untitled, 2026
Australian sandalwood, ashuwaganda and madder lake on wood
15 x 50 cm
5 7/8 x 19 3/4 in
ercolano, 2026
Ashuwaganda, caput mortuum, ercolano, blue spirulina and ultramarine on wood
15 x 50 cm
5 7/8 x 19 3/4 in
Ever Baldwin
Yes, my wings, 2026
Oil on canvas in charred pine frame
97.8 x 119.4 x 12.7 cm
38.5 x 47 x 5 inches
Magdalena Skupińska
blue canel, 2026
Cinnamon and lapis lazuli on wood
15 x 50 cm
5 7/8 x 19 3/4 in
ra ray, 2026
Amber and yellow ochre on wood
15 x 50 cm
5 7/8 x 19 3/4 in