March Shows at No.9 Cork Street
This spring, Frieze No.9 Cork Street sees a full-gallery takeover by Matt Carey-Williams, whose curatorial project ‘Bump’ features 21 painters from around the world
This spring, Frieze No.9 Cork Street sees a full-gallery takeover by Matt Carey-Williams, whose curatorial project ‘Bump’ features 21 painters from around the world
No. 9 Cork Street presents an exhibition of contemporary painting curated by Matt Carey-Williams, running 7–23 March 2024.
‘Episode I: Bump’
The first in a series of group shows, which Carey-Williams envisions as ‘episodes’, ‘Bump’ spotlights 21 painters working around the world, from London to Seoul, Sydney to New York. The show spans generations and techniques to explore the diversity of contemporary painting. Carey-Williams’s practice-based approach draws parallels between works by artists at varying career stages, revealing their different responses to his conceptual prompt ‘bump’.
Artists participating in ‘Bump’ are Ana Benaroya (b. 1986), Marius Bercea (b. 1979), Sara Birns (b. 1992), Rob and Nick Carter (b. 1968 and 1969), Marc Dennis (b. 1974), Dean Fox (b. 1979), Connor Harrington (b. 1980), Savannah Harris (b. 1999), Haroun Hayward (b. 1983), Rachel Howard (b. 1969), Hettie Inniss (b. 1999), Jessie Mackinson (b. 1985), Jin Meyerson (b. 1972), Antony Micallef (b. 1975), Glen Pudvine (b. 1989), Christian Rex van Minnen (b. 1980), Andrew Sendor (b. 1977), Mathew Weir (b. 1977), James White (b. 1967), Clare Woods (b. 1972), and Flora Yukhnovich (b. 1990).
Carey-Williams says: ‘“Bump” revels in the texture and nuance of contemporary painting, from the muscular, starry amazonians of Ana Benaroya, through the bourgeois disquiet of Marc Dennis, to the visceral abstraction of Savannah Marie Harris. Contemplating the past and heralding the future, “Bump” will serve as a model for future Episodes at different spaces around the world.’
A concurrent ‘Scene’ of works on paper by ‘Bump’ artists will be on show at 12 Porchester Place, Carey-Williams’s permanent exhibition space in London, also opening on 7 March.
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Main Image: Ana Benaroya, Tonight You Belong to Me, 2023, oil on canvas, 102 × 119 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Matt Carey-Williams
