Marked by traces of what once was, Turn to Salt is a powerful new exhibition of works by Marie de Villepin. Through layered compositions and shifting textures, her paintings give form to memory - sometimes sharp, sometimes fading. Salt, with its dual power to preserve and erode, becomes a symbol of transformation. The title, drawn from a lyric of one of the artist’s songs that she composed, carries a quiet ambiguity that threads through the show.

Each painting captures a moment in which memory takes form. Tones of pink, green, red, and blue feel trapped - as if caught in quicksand or solidified in salt - evoking a tension between movement and stillness. Gesture becomes feeling, with each canvas unfolding like an emotional landscape. Forms erode and dissolve, or harden like salt crystals, echoing how we choose to hold on to, or release, our memories.

Gallery address: 53-55 Hollywood Road, Central