Jeffrey Knopf
The Metaphorical Museum And A Return To The Underworld

Preview
Thursday 1st June 2023 | 5:30-8:30pm

“The act of stepping over a threshold and down is what intrigues me, it’s the space under, The Underworld” Jeffrey Knopf

Like the Orthus, a double headed dog from Greek Mythology, Manchester based artist Jeffrey Knopf brings a double headed exhibition to BasementArtsProject in June. 

The Underworld revisits themes from his basement exhibition at Manchester’s Mirabel Street Gallery in November 2022, whilst The Metaphorical Museum presents a new body of work.

Knopf’s vision of The Underworld is not one of tortured souls or Elysian fields, but one that is playful yet precarious, a metaphor for the current times we are living in. The Metaphorical Museum on the other hand, looks at studio practice and museum display; figuration abstracted by technology and presented as incomplete and substituted memories.  

“My sculptures are blurred and have an air of digital archaeology about them, because of this they are able to encompass the past, present and future” Jeffrey Knopf

Exhibition Remains Open

Saturday 3rd June | 10am - 2pm
Sunday 4th June | 10am - 2pm
Monday 5th June | 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 6th June | 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 7th June | 12pm - 8pm

Monday 12th June | 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 13th June | 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 14th June | 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 15th June | 10am - 2pm
Friday 16th June | 10am - 2pm

Wednesday 21st June | 10am - 1pm
Thursday 22nd June | 10am - 2pm
Friday 23rd June | 10am - 2pm
Saturday 24th June | 10am - 2pm
Sunday 25th June | 10am - 2pm
Monday 26th June | 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 27th June | 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 28th June | 10am - 2pm

Monday 3rd July | 10am - 2pm
Tuesday 4th July | 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 5th July | 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 6th July | 10am - 2pm

About Jeffrey Knopf

Prior to Knopf attending an MA in Contemporary Fine Art at Salford University, he was a practicing multi-media artist, exhibiting work here in the UK, Switzerland, and the USA. Whilst studying he had the opportunity to use the facilities and technologies within the university to experiment and develop his practice of assemblages from found objects and 3D printed objects, combining new technology with old. He moved away from the traditional way of working by sketching and designing a piece to something more intuitive in line with play and discovery.

Since graduating he was awarded a scholarship from the Salford University Art archive in conjunction with the Castlefield Gallery, this included a year’s studio space in Paradise Works Salford where he still has a studio.

Website: www.jeffreyknopf.co.uk

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@jeffrey_knopf

Contact: jeffreyknopf@hotmail.com