Carey Young

Infobox Artist


name = Carey Young
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birthname = Carey Young
birthdate = 1970
location = Lusaka, Zambia
nationality = UK/US
field = Contemporary art
training = Royal College of Art, London

Carey Young (born 1970) is a visual artist who incorporates a variety of media such as video, photography, performative events and installation into her works, which investigate the increasing incorporation of the personal and public domains into the realm of the commercial. Young's projects often center onnotions of language, training and performance, and take an ambiguous political stance in order to create a web of complex associations and questions for the viewer.

Born in Lusaka in Zambia in 1970, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. She has dual US/UK nationality.

She has exhibited her work at galleries including the ICA, [ [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/66740 artfacts.net] ] the Whitechapel Art Gallery, [ [http://www.whitechapel.org/content414.html whitechapel.org] ] the Hayward Gallery, Secession, [ [http://www.secession.at/art/2001_ausgetr_e.html secession.at] ] Kunstverein Munich, [ [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/64205 artfacts.net] ] Mass MOCA [ [http://www.massmoca.org massmoca.org] ] and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. [ [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/78980 artfacts.net] ]

In 2003 she was nominated for the Beck's Futures awards at the ICA in London and her work attracted some controversy in the media. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2984655.stm news.bbc.co.uk] ]

Since 2003 her work has shifted into an interest in legal language and systems of thought, with 'Disclaimer', an exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute [ [http://www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk/matrix_engine/content.php?page_id=351 henry-moore-fdn.co.uk] ] examining the legal disclaimer as a form of negative space. In 2005 she showed 'Consideration', a series of works exploring the connections between contract law and performance art at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York as part of the PERFORMA05 Biennial. [ [http://05.performa-arts.org/about performa-arts.org] ] RoseLee Goldberg has described the works in this show as "dealing with the overwhelming power of the law." [ [http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=421&fid=4&sid=8 nyfa.org] ]

Young's work is included in the public collections of the Centre Pompidou, [ [http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Docs.nsf/Docs/ID24125893193A8805C1256DA300397E0C?OpenDocument&sessionM=4.2&L=2# centrepompidou.fr] ] Arts Council England, [ [http://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/main.html artscouncilcollection.org.uk] ] and the Tate. [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=8297&page=1 tate.org.uk] ]

References

Bibliography

Periodicals:
*Williams, Eliza, "Studio Visits", Flash Art International, October 2006
*Schwabsky, Barry, "Carey Young", Artforum, September 2005
*Aspden, Peter, "The Revolver: a twilight of ambiguity", Financial Times, 22 July 2004
*Smith, Roberta, "The Passions of the Good Citizen", The New York Times, 3 May 2002

Web articles:
* Goldberg, RoseLee and Stallman, Nick, "Conversations..with RoseLee Goldberg', New York Foundation for the Arts, 2005 [http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=421&fid=4&sid=8]
* Baker, R.C., 'The Road to Dystopia', Village Voice, 2007 [http://www.villagevoice.com/art/0750,baker,78562,13.html]

Books:
*Nochlin, Linda, in Global Feminisms , Brooklyn Museum , New York, 2007
*Bourriaud, Nicolas, in Moscow Biennale 7 catalogue, Moscow, 2007
*Hoffman, Jens in 'Institutional Critique and After', edited by John C. Welchman, JRP/Ringier, Zürich, 2006
*Newman, Michael, in 'How to Improve the World', Hayward Gallery, London, 2006
*Townsend, Chris, 'New Art from London', Thames and Hudson, London, 2006
*Farquharson, Alex, Schlieker, Andrea, and Mahony, Emma in 'British Art Show 6', Hayward Gallery Publishing, London, 2005
*Latour, Bruno and Weibel, Peter, 'Making Things Public', ZKM and the MIT Press, Karlsruhe & Cambridge, 2005
*Hoffmann, Jens and Jonas, Joan, 'Art Works: Perform', Thames and Hudson, London, 2005
*Kimbell, Lucy (ed), 'New Media Art: Practice and Content in the UK 1994-2004', Arts Council of England / Cornerhouse publications, London, 2004
*Farquharson, Alex; Gillick, Liam and Young, Carey; Kelsey, John and Millar, Jeremy, in 'Carey Young, Incorporated', John Hansard Gallery and Film & Video Umbrella, London, 2002

External links

* [http://www.careyyoung.com/ Artist's web site]
* [http://www.hayward.org.uk/britishartshow6/ British Art Show 6]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/20809/lang/1 Artfacts.net artist ranking]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/webcasts/the_camera_at_work/richard_reeves/default.jsp Tate Gallery's podcast of talk featuring the artist]
* [http://www.paulacoopergallery.com/artists/cy/cy.html Selected works plus bibliographical and biographical info on Paula Cooper Gallery website]