Gregory, Lucy

Living high above London’s concrete pavements, Gregory’s Roots: The Grass Between My Toes seeks a physical return to the ground and to her roots in the countryside. The large-scale, abstract female figure reclines in a dreamlike state, and her rhythmic kicking motion celebrates the quiet contentment and re-energizing power found only through direct, playful contact with the natural world. It celebrates the importance of green spaces and gardens, gathering together outdoors, and taps into our collective memory of the mentally grounding and restorative feeling of grass underfoot.