EXHIBITION: COMPOST
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Bleur is proud to present COMPOST, an immersive exhibition that transforms 62–64 Baker Street into a living site of grief, ritual, and collective regeneration delving into the transformative power of decay, letting go, and collective renewal. This immersive exhibition showcases a large body of Indian artist Rhea Gupte's visually striking works (36 artworks) exhibited for the first time in the UK, centered on circularity and waste reduction, with each piece challenging our understanding of waste and revealing the hidden beauty within discarded materials.
From visceral installations to intimate storytelling, COMPOST invites visitors to reflect on what must be broken down—culturally, emotionally, and materially—in order to nourish what’s to come. Through soil, sound, image, and experience, the show creates a fertile ground for contemplation and community-building.
“The transient nature of the frozen installations delve into the impermanence of our natural resources and the things we take for granted.”
-Rhea Gupte
As part of the exhibition, Bleur is hosting an exclusive Supperclub (19 - 21 November) — for 2 nights only, a dining experience embedded in the exhibition space, designed to deepen the sensory and conversational aspects of the exhibition where all the dishes respond to the theme of waste reduction and circularity. In a unique collaboration with Bengali chef Sohini Banerjee, artist and chef transform excess food waste into both captivating artworks and innovative dishes, offering guests a unique sensory journey. Here, the dinner is a gallery, the gallery is a menu and the exhibition is a supper club. Everything guests see, hear, taste and feel is a part of the show which probes and deconstructs our perceptions of waste and discarded materials putting circularity of (edible) materials at its centre.The table becomes a piece of edible artwork from which everyone can tuck into. The guest’s attention is choreographed to better engage with the work shown. Using the meal as the main vehicle, and intertwining performance and art to create an all-encompassing immersive experience for the senses.
COMPOST is an act of reimagining. A space where we metabolise the personal and political compost heaps we carry—what we’ve been told to forget, what we’re still learning to feel, and what we urgently need to reimagine together. In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, this exhibition is not an escape but an excavation. What is worth preserving? What must be broken down?
Spanning grief as resistance, land as teacher, and the slow time of decay, COMPOST challenges binary thinking and extractive systems. It asks us to consider what we are letting rot and what we are daring to grow and transform.
Exhibition Details
Title: COMPOST
Curator: Bleur Gallery
Artist: Rhea Gupte.
Venue: Bleur Gallery & Studios, 62–64 Baker Street, London W1U 7DF
Opening times: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun - appointments only
Dates: 7th November 2025 - 22nd November 2025
Private View: 7th November 2025 / Supperclubs: 19th & 21st November 2025
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