Colony of Ghosts
/CELIA PAUL at Victoria Miro Gallery, London
March 14th to April 17, 2025
My young self and I— we are the same person. I can stretch out my old hand— with its age spots— and hold my young unblemished hand.
CELIA PAUL at Victoria Miro Gallery, London
March 14th to April 17, 2025
My young self and I— we are the same person. I can stretch out my old hand— with its age spots— and hold my young unblemished hand.
Kingdom of Cats
How do we, as humans, balance our biological necessities and the inorganic industry we have created? How do we reckon with our animal natures and our intricate consciousnesses?
My work is a journey of exploration. Every time I face a blank canvas, I am confronted by a feeling of fear and uncertainty, similar to the unpredictability of life itself. I approach my art with a sense of experimentation, letting materials guide the process. It’s not about the final result but about the discovery made along the way. I rely on intuition, allowing my hands to be led by the natural properties of the materials. In moments of struggle, there is growth. Just like in life, challenges become opportunities for transformation. My paintings reflect this—each one is a record of resilience, a narrative that unfolds without a clear destination, shaped by each decision and hesitation. There is no perfect blueprint. It’s a continuous dialogue between control and spontaneity, where the process becomes more important than the outcome.
she searched for trees
to see birds in
her objective was simple:
cheap, thick birds
cut out of
monuments
she made a rope
to touch with
to touch that tree
it was a habitat of drapery when the light turned on…
In truth, do we not find traces of ourselves in all things? We collect and are collected. We photograph, we document, Mostly… we try to remember. We like to believe that you are not unlike me. Some of us may even take delight in the belief that we, a celluloid world, are forever coated with a thin translucent film of stardust. That magic is our inheritance. Radiant knowledge--our legacy. What is film if not energy from light? The transference of a memory projected onto a blank space devoid of image. That out of darkness, light however slight, obscure, dispersed or fragmented has the possibility of connecting us to one another in the bigger picture.
A response to Chiharu Shiota's Uncertain Journey
we gathered in the same place to worship night shapes
omitted by all color & time
said the dark was a different country entirely
& our eyes, they were the stones there
The Creative Process: Podcast Interviews & Portraits of the World’s Leading Authors & Creative Thinkers
Inspiring Students – Encouraging Reading - Connecting through Stories
The Creative Process exhibition is traveling to universities and museums. The Creative Process exhibition consists of interviews with over 100 esteemed writers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Hilary Mantel, Neil Gaiman, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Tobias Wolff, Richard Ford, Junot Díaz, Marie Darrieussecq, Michel Faber, T.C. Boyle, Jay McInerney, George Saunders, Geoff Dyer, Etgar Keret, Douglas Kennedy, Sam Lipsyte, and Yiyun Li, among others. Artist and interviewer: Mia Funk.