Bettina
Finite Structures
20 Albert Road, Glasgow G42 8DN
5 June–12 July 2026

Open Saturday-Sunday, 12–5 pm
and by appointment: info@gallerycento.com

‘Finite Structures’ comprises an interconnected set of sculptural, photographic and animated film works made across the 1970s by Bettina (1927–2021). Born in Brooklyn, Bettina was a conceptual artist who, after working as a designer and travelling between Europe and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, lived and worked in New York’s Chelsea Hotel from 1972 until her death. Over several decades, she maintained a prolific practice that rejected the singular art object, developing a rich body of work encompassing photography, xerography, word art, film, computer-assisted animation, textiles, painting and sculpture.

The exhibition explores the topological, political and philosophical concerns that underpinned the artist’s practice during the 1970s, engaging with themes of surface, rhythm, distortion, surrealism and bodies in motion as they manifested in New York City at that time. It includes works from two photographic series: Phenomenological New York (1970s) and Rencontres psychic (1970s).