As a time-honoured symbol of purity and durability, Platinum has long been held in association with icons of the elite high society. As the UK approaches Queen Elizabeth’s 70th year of reign in the form of her Platinum Jubilee (making her the world’s longest-reigning living monarch), StolenSpace Gallery invites artists and viewers alike to contemplate the wider associations of Platinum, and its cultural and visual implications, be they positive or negative.  

From the most delicately refined Jewellery to the most hardy industrial machinery, this silver-white metal is as desirable as it is utilitarian. Most notably in the arts, platinum has been used for almost two centuries in the practice of photography and remains today amongst the most durable of all photographic processes. How that might translate into the wider world of art is up to StolenSpace’s own host of talented artists.