Saturday 3 December 2022

LITTLE BIG LINKS

My new show with Yuki Miyake, 'An eXhibition of SMALL things with BIG ideas' (opens 3 Dec 2-7 pm with Xmas drinks) attempts to uncover the maximal imaginary perspectives secreted in the minimally-sized works of some fifty participating artists. Each idea finds its form within an economical 37 x 37 cm, and is reflected in short texts by the artists. Come to look and read the artists’ own pithy summaries of their small and decidedly giftable works. 

But you can also click through to what I’ve written elsewhere about plenty of them. One of my more recent full texts is for Fiona G Roberts’ online show ‘It Always Rains in the Lakes’ at Alpeh Contemporary (to 31 Dec). My essay is at https://alephcontemporary.com/exhibitions/53-fiona-g-roberts-it-always-rains-in-the-text-by-paul-carey-kent/overview/. Masochists with stamina can read me on most of the artists in the show. Here are links to a sample:

Here’s a full account of Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva‘s practice for Seisma Magazine https://seismamag.com/visual-fine-art/elpida-hadzi-vasileva-inside-beauty


Brain Dawn Chalkley was an interview subject in 2019 https://elephant.art/brian-dawn-chalkley-opposes-binary-fluid-watercolours/ 

I wrote texts for the Kate Lyddon and Jonny Briggs shows at Joe Madeira’s excellent former project space Cabin (come to that, they were both in my show ‘Ears for the Eyes’ in 2017) https://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2016/05/cabin-class.html 

Hannah Maybank featured in one of my 13 ‘thematic essays’ for Elephant Magazine, which were particularly enjoyable to write  https://elephant.art/environment-climate-change-artists-activism-01092020/ 

Claire Macdonald showed a fabulous film in ‘The Shapes We’re In’ in 2015 http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-shapes-were-in_15.html 

Hannah Hughes was in one of my and Yuki’s previous shows here at White Conduit Projects https://files.cargocollective.com/534129/SUPER-FLATLAND-Final-full-material-.pdf 

John Peter Askew is the subject of one of my 500 weekly columns for FAD Magazine https://fadmagazine.com/2019/08/28/life-in-perm/ 

Lee Maelzer and Sam Jackson have featured in recent Instagram posts (as have several others) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkkkN_1IiEr/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaiGNYosAN/

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Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
I was in my leisure time Editor at Large of Art World magazine (which ran 2007-09) and now write freelance for such as Art Monthly, Frieze, Photomonitor, Elephant and Border Crossings. I have curated 20 shows during 2013-17 with more on the way. Going back a bit my main writing background is poetry. My day job is public sector financial management.

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