Family Histories: The Victorians

Stuart Middleton

Family Histories: The Victorians, 201970 x 110 x 75cmSign in to view price
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MaterialGallery
painted plaster, metal fixings, plastic, wood, rubber, toy crockery and kitchenwareCarlos/Ishikawa
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features two cracked eggshells, each containing a cluttered and complex interior. The shells are composed of earthy, neutral tones, creating a sense of organic, natural materials. The juxtaposition of the simple, curved eggshell exteriors and the intricate, layered interiors suggests a contrast between the outward appearance and the hidden complexities within. The artist's use of found objects and the meticulous construction of these nested sculptures reflect a commentary on the duality of identity, the nature of containment, and the unexpected depths that can be uncovered in ordinary objects. This piece is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between surface and substance, inviting the viewer to consider the layers of meaning that can exist in the most unassuming of forms. ...

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Artist
Stuart Middleton
B.1987, British

Stuart Middleton works in drawing, painting, sculpture, text and animation. His practice continuously raises questions about human nature and systematic behaviour. By using storytelling as a research tool, he examines the themes of responsibility, capital, gender, class and cruelty. Middleton creates spaces where one is able to observe how fiction enters popular culture and provokes social division; how metaphors originate and impact the formation of one’s identity; how violence and aggression come to be institutionally normalised. His eccentric and odd sculptures feature twisted bodies; his installations take the shape of actual mazes; and his texts tell absurd scenarios placed in corporate settings. Middleton’s work is conceptual, surreal, frightening, humorous, and powerfully resistant to artistic conventional classification. ...

Stuart Middleton: Artworks
Untitled
Stuart MiddletonUntitled, 2015
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G40
Stuart MiddletonG40, 2021
48 x 69.5 x 2.5cm
Lower Croft Nimrod
Stuart MiddletonLower Croft Nimrod, 2018
64 x 88.5 x 2.5cm
Beat
Cotonhall Landmine Raspberry
G09
Stuart MiddletonG09, 2021
48 x 69.5 x 2.5cm
Sad sketches 2
Stuart MiddletonSad sketches 2, 2014
70 x 125 x 125cm
Amaroo Pommy
Stuart MiddletonAmaroo Pommy, 2023
102.5 x 116 x 4cm
Pinguis Jeremiah
Stuart MiddletonPinguis Jeremiah, 2025
66.1 x 85.5 x 4cm
Carlos/Ishikawa
Gallery
Carlos/Ishikawa
London

Founded in 2011, Carlos/Ishikawa’s program is dedicated to considered and ambitious exhibitions that offer diverse artists’ perspectives on structural, socio-cultural, and political questions. The program focuses on international artists with often wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and experimental practices. There is an interest within the program of challenging the aesthetic conventions of conceptual art, and a focus on art that is able to operate on an affective, emotional level as well as a rigorous intellectual one. The gallery has offered many artists their first solo show, many of whom have gone on to receive recognition internationally. ...

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