Arse End Of Nowhere

7th March - 22nd March 2026

Projects Kavel Rafferty

Presenting paintings, drawings and sculpture at Projects Kavel Rafferty in Margate

11am - 5pm or by appointment.

Private View: March 7th 5pm-8pm

Arse end of Nowhere’ presents a new body of work by artist Stuart Rayner, exploring folklore, queerness, and personal narrative through contemporary landscape painting.

The exhibition takes its name from a phrase often used to dismiss rural places as remote or insignificant—yet these spaces are rich with history, tradition, and myth.

Drawing on the visual language of so-called “chocolate box Britain,” Rayner paints idyllic rural landscapes while questioning the nostalgia they evoke, exposing how romanticised visions of the past can obscure more complex emotional truths.

Rayner’s work engages with folklore, myth, and apotropaic symbols as living forms rather than historical relics. Queerness and otherness are woven through these narratives, where myth and whimsy offer alternative ways of understanding identity, belonging, and selfhood.

Nature is not treated as decoration, but as an emotional and spiritual force—something that connects, uplifts, and demands care.

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Arse End Of Nowhere Projects Kavel Rafferty, 22-23 Cecil Square, Margate
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