Birdland Gallery is pleased to present Echoes of Modernism, an exhibition that brings together the work of Amba Sayal-Bennett, Daniel Rich, Frances Lightbound, and Sam van Strien, four artists who examine how modernist architecture continues to shape our political, social, and economic lives. Whether considering the monumental scale of urban grids or the façades of corporate buildings, modernist architecture is far from neutral or placeless; they emerge instead as sites of memory, contestation, and lived experience. Through painting, printmaking, and drawing, these artists trace the ways we can engage with, document, and re-imagine the built environment, exposing both its utopian ambitions and its legacies.
Together, their work invites us to see how modernism’s material and symbolic forms are never static: they move, transform, and are reinterpreted across time, geography, and ideology. By interrogating architecture’s capacity to embody power, the exhibition positions modernism not as a closed historical chapter but as a living framework that continues to inform our contemporary experiences.
Opened, October 4th 3:00 - 6:0pm
Oct. 4th - October 25th, 2025