Karsten Schubert, London, England
Karsten Schubert, London, England
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Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Mat Collishaw, Keith Coventry, Tobias Eyferth, Nicholas Fudge and Sarah Lucas, curated by Michael Landy.
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Mat Collishaw, Keith Coventry, Tobias Eyferth, Nicholas Fudge and Sarah Lucas, curated by Michael Landy.
January–February 1992
Self-portrait of Nick Fudge in uniform, taken two months after he graduated from Goldsmiths' College in 1988. The portrait was featured in the exhibition.
Installation view I
Recollection
In late 1991, I briefly returned to London from Portland, Oregon, after Michael Landy wrote to say that he was curating a group exhibition at Karsten Schubert and wanted me to take part. When we met, Michael asked what I was making. I told him “nothing,” although this was not strictly true. I was privately developing work and had no wish, at that point, to disclose it. I was also still uncertain about returning to the London art world, having become deeply invested in America, the deserts, and in understanding my earlier decision to withdraw from exhibition.
Michael, who had been particularly upset when I destroyed my degree show, suggested instead that we exhibit Discovery of Criticism, a second-year Goldsmiths series that had been well received. I agreed, and proposed adding a self-portrait made while I was working in uniform on the London Underground. In retrospect, the photograph now seems to mark the interval between two positions: the work I had publicly abandoned and the work I was privately beginning.
A few days before the opening, I returned to the United States.
Michael, who had been particularly upset when I destroyed my degree show, suggested instead that we exhibit Discovery of Criticism, a second-year Goldsmiths series that had been well received. I agreed, and proposed adding a self-portrait made while I was working in uniform on the London Underground. In retrospect, the photograph now seems to mark the interval between two positions: the work I had publicly abandoned and the work I was privately beginning.
A few days before the opening, I returned to the United States.
Installation view II
Discovery of Criticism Number One, after Leonardo da Vinci, 1987
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