It is labour alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations ...

Stuart Middleton

It is labour alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations for the inward flowering of man, 2023116.5 x 201.5 x 5cm18000 USD

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MaterialGallery

graphite on paperChapter NY

Description

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This striking black and white photograph showcases a bold, geometric composition of intersecting metallic forms. The use of chiaroscuro lighting creates a dramatic interplay of light and shadow, highlighting the sharp angles and reflective surfaces of the geometric shapes. The overall effect is one of sleek, industrial minimalism, with the stark monochrome palette accentuating the sculptural qualities of the piece. The artist likely intended to explore the relationship between light, form, and negative space, inviting the viewer to contemplate the underlying structures that shape our physical world. ...

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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

Stuart MiddletonG40, 2021Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonLower Croft Nimrod, 2018Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonUntitled, 2015Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonBeat, 2017Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonCotonhall Landmine Raspberry, 2019Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonFamily Histories: The Victorians, 2019Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonG09, 2021Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonIt is our duty to toughen up, but not at the expense of empathy, 2019Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonSad sketches 2, 2014Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonSteel yourself, but don't forget to make time for intimacy, 2020Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonUntitled mural (custom commission), 2018Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonAmaroo Pommy, 2023Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonIt is labour alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations for the inward flowering of man, 202318000 USD

Stuart MiddletonPersonal effects and things that are biographical in amongst material that might be understood as generic without clear separation under compression (Kebab), 2024Price on Request

Stuart MiddletonHard wired server clock movement parts (face missing), museum case linings (cotton, vegetable dye), monofilament line, mounted on wooden panel, 2024Price on Request

Gallery

Chapter NY

New York City

Founded in 2013 by Nicole Russo, Chapter NY is committed to supporting artists at various phases in their careers, by providing first solo shows and offering a platform for specific investigations within more established practices. By focusing on solo-presentations and working closely with each artist, Chapter NY helps realize tightly envisioned exhibitions that foster artistic exploration and growth. Russo brings over two decades of gallery experience to actualizing Chapter NY's program, drawing on her longstanding relationships to encourage ambitious presentations. The gallery started as a weekend project space before growing into a full-time operation, first representing artists including Mira Dancy, Willa Nasatir and Adam Gordon. In addition to an expanding gallery roster, Chapter NY has also provided a flexible platform for non-represented artists working across a range of media and experience, such as Keltie Ferris, Jesse Stecklow and Anicka Yi. In doing so, Chapter NY maintains its original mission to present experimental projects beyond the scope of traditional exhibitions. The program includes artists working in site-specific installation, sculpture, ceramics, video, drawing, painting, and photography. Represented artists have recently exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the New Museum, New York; Tate Britain; the Venice Biennale; and Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta; among others. ...