{"id":18531,"date":"2026-06-19T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=18531"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:22:56","slug":"nostalgic-utopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/nostalgic-utopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgic Utopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web-700x700.jpg 700w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web-260x260.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bay Breeze Motel<\/em> by Maxine Gregson<br>23.6&#8243;x23.6&#8243;; 4 colour screenprint on 350gsm paperback paper; 2026. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maxine Gregson: Nostalgic Utopia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">at Jealous in London, England, United Kingdom<br>11-27 June 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jealous presents \u201cNostalgic Utopia,\u201d a solo exhibition from contemporary artist and printmaker, Maxine Gregson. Take the scenic route and enjoy over twenty mystifying and inviting dreamscapes featuring the artist\u2019s retro-futuristic imagery and typography. Screenprinted in the artist\u2019s studio in East London, her works are rooted in nostalgia, where optimism is woven into flashes of gold leaf, desert vistas, and lush rainforest panoramas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1403\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-600x842.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-700x982.jpg 700w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-300x421.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-768x1078.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-260x365.jpg 260w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Underneath-The-Palms-Web-712x999.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Underneath The Palms<\/em> by Maxine Gregson<br>27.6&#8243;x19.7&#8243;; 5 colour screenprint with hand-finished 24ct gold leaf on 350gsm paperback paper; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNostalgic Utopia\u201d features a collection of works from the artist\u2019s catalogue spanning from 2021\u20132026. Like holiday photos from liminal states, photographs of bodies of water are spliced with brutalist architecture, graph paper, and vintage postcards sourced by Gregson and reimagined as part of her inviting universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(text adapted from material provided by the gallery)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jealous Gallery and Print Studio<\/strong><br>52 Curtain Road<br>London EC2A 3PT<br>United Kingdom<br>+44 20 7739 4107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours:<br>Monday-Saturday, 10AM-6PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/RYeUuHDai616Q9Ja6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/RYeUuHDai616Q9Ja6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAP<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/jealousgallery.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jealousgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WEBSITE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jealous.london\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jealous.london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FACEBOOK<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jealous_london\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jealous_london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLLAGE ON VIEW Maxine Gregson: Nostalgic Utopia at Jealous in London, England, United Kingdom11-27 June 2026 Jealous presents \u201cNostalgic Utopia,\u201d a solo exhibition from contemporary artist and printmaker, Maxine Gregson. Take the scenic route and enjoy over twenty mystifying and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/nostalgic-utopia\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collage-exhibitions","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxine-Gregson-Bay-Breeze-Motel-Web.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-4OT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":645,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/tamar-cohen\/","url_meta":{"origin":18531,"position":0},"title":"Tamar Cohen","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"29 August 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"New York, New York, USA | Tamar Cohen's collage work has been shown at the Pavel Zoubok Gallery, the Islip Museum of Art, International Print Center New York, Kris Graves Projects, Pocket Utopia and the flat files at Pierogi 2000.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamar-Cohen_Hear-Dear_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9242,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/utopia\/","url_meta":{"origin":18531,"position":1},"title":"utopia","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"15 January 2020","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Fanaticism p. 283 by Donna Ruff7.5\"x7.5\"; burn on book pages; 2019Courtesy of the artist. 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