Carey Young (b. 1970, Lusaka, Zambia; lives and works in London) has developed her artistic practice from a cross-fertilization of disciplines including business, law, politics, science and communication. The tools and language of these different fields act as material for her installations, performances, text works and photographs and videos. In the recent, widely exhibited Palais de Justice (2017) the artist surreptitiously filmed female judges working at the main courthouse of Belgium. Young’s work has been shown in one-person exhibitions at La Loge, Brussels (2019); Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (2019); Dallas Museum of Art (2017); Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2013); The Power Plant, Toronto (2009); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2009); Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2009); MiMA, Middlesbrough (2010); and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2001). Young has participated in numerous biennials, including Moscow (2013, 2007), Taipei (2010), Sharjah (2005), and Venice (2003). Public collections include the Tate Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE; Arts Council Collection, UK; the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, TX; and Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland.
Appearance, Carey Young, 2023 (still). HD video (from 4K), silent, 49 mins 30 secs.
Carey Young
Solitary Confinement Cell, Prison, Basel, Switzerland, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Prison Key Storage, Ghent, Belgium, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Cell (for Groups), Police Station, La Rochelle, France, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Prison Corridor, Lenzburg, Switzerland, 2023
digital C-type colorphotograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Transfer Cell, Prison, Zurich, Switzerland, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Intake Room, Police Station, Bruges, Belgium, 2023
digital C-type photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Prison Guard’s Bed, Zurich, Switzerland, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
frame: 36 5/8 x 50 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93 x 128.9 x 4.4 cm)
Carey Young
Court Artist (Supreme Court), 2023
digital C-type color photograph
image: 10 5/8 x 16 in. (27 x 40.5 cm)
frame: 14 3/8 x 19 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (36.5 x 50 x 3.8 cm)
Carey Young
World Court, 2023
digital C-type color photograph
image: 21 1/4 x 31 7/8 in. (54 x 81 cm)
frame: 27 1/2 x 38 1/8 in. (70 x 97 cm)
Carey Young
The Vision Machine, 2020
Single-channel HD (from 4K) 16:9 format, color, sound
duration: 13:27
Edition of 5, 2 APs
Carey Young
Palais de Justice, 2017
single-channel video, color
5.1 surround sound
running time (approx.): 17:53
Edition of 5, 2 APs
Carey Young
Before the Law, 2017
digital c-type photograph
paper: 42 x 58 1/2 in. (106.7 x 148.6 cm)
image: 33 1/4 x 50 in. (84.5 x 127 cm)
frame: 43 1/2 x 60 x 2 in. (110.5 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm)
Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017.
Carey Young
Declared Void II, 2013
vinyl drawing, text
dimensions variable
Edition of 3, 2 APs
Carey Young
Obsidian Contract, 2010
vinyl text and black mirror
mirror: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm) text: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm) distance from text to wall: 3 in. (7.5 cm)
Edition of 3, 1 AP
Carey Young
Body Techniques (after Parallel Stress, Dennis Oppenheim, 1970), 2007
Digital C-Type Print
48 x 55 7/8 in. (121.9 x 141.9 cm)
Carey Young
Everything You've Heard is Wrong, 1999
Single channel video (DVD)
color, sound, 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Edition of 5
