K YOUNG
RE-FRAMED / RE-PHOTOGRAPHED
the Curve Gallery
A collaboration between the Curve gallery and aquabitArt gallery
Venue: AUGUST35 Exhibition Space, Auguststrasse 35, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
K YOUNG
RE-FRAMED / RE-PHOTOGRAPHED
THE CURVE POP UP
OPENING
02 JUNE 2022, 5-9 PM
EXHIBITION
03-12 JUNE 2022, DAILY 12-6 PM
CONTACT
Valerie von Meiss
+49 176 217 351 31
@thecurve_berlin
www.thecurveberlin.com
valerie@thecurveberlin.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
K Young (they/them) is a lens-based artist living and working in London, UK. A graduate from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, K Young works primarily with collage and a process which they term re-photography. Using appropriated photographic imagery found in second-hand books and magazines, the artist intervenes on the material, instinctively cutting, splicing and re-joining it, giving rise to a fortuitous collage. The resulting image is then re-photographed and printed, once or several times, as it returns to its original form as a photograph. Questioning notions of truth, interpretation, and the unconscious, K Young addresses themes ranging from visual codes and conventions to identity, gender politics and sexuality.
ABOUT THE CURVE
the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here. Founded in 2017 by Valerie von Meiss in the hallway of a private apartment in Berlin-Mitte, the Curve regularly takes over pop-up spaces and believes in collaborations beyond the traditional gallery landscape.
Image: ©K Young, Legs with Hair, 2021, 24 x 30 cm, detail.
Presented by: the Curve