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Paul Carter | Building the exhibition space for Hotel, 2009


Work in progress for Paul Carter’s Hotel at Matt’s Gallery from 9 September–1 November 2009, (image taken July 09)
Work in progress for Paul Carter’s Hotel at Matt’s Gallery, July 09
Work in progress for Paul Carter’s Hotel at Matt’s Gallery, July 09

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In 2008, Robin Klassnik invited Paul Carter to transport his workspace to the gallery in an attempt to recreate the conditions of the studio in flux. In June 2009 the artist moved in and has been working in residence towards his first exhibition at Matt’s Gallery.

Hotel is a sculptural installation that disrupts the architectural features of the gallery, incorporating elements that have been transplanted from the artist’s studio or reclaimed from other sites. Found materials – including a derelict goods lift and a series of day beds that look like renaissance icons – are re-crafted to explore notions of value and function. Resembling a life-size architect’s model, the installation includes a series of compartments and fixtures that echo the commercial or private buildings from which the materials have been salvaged, suggesting an expanded ‘elsewhere’ beyond the gallery walls.

Hotel is a transitory place: a temporary home or live-work space that sets up a new relationship between the individual and the objects and architectures that surround him. Transferring material elements and pre-existing works from the studio and elsewhere becomes an extension of the acts of editing, layering and containment that take place in the original sites. Reminiscent of Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbau, where sculptural and architectural interventions spill over from one place to another, Hotel extends the artist’s practice beyond the notionally private space of the home or studio.

The artist will also be showing new work in the solo exhibition Rm.14 at Standpoint Gallery, from 18 September until 24 October. Standpoint Gallery will host a talk with the artist on Thursday 2 October at 6.30pm.


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Paul Carter and Joe Watling building the exhibition space for Hotel at Matt's Gallery


Work in progress for Hotel at Matt's Gallery

Paul Carter, Robin Klassnik and Joe Watling building the exhibition space for Hotel at Matt's Gallery
Paul Carter, installing Hotel at Matt's Gallery


Paul Carter, Robin Klassnik and Joe Watling building the exhibition space for Hotel at Matt's Gallery
Exhibition space at Matt's Gallery

Installation of Paul Carter's Hotel at Matt's Gallery
Installation of Paul Carter's Hotel at Matt's Gallery
Installation of Paul Carter's Hotel at Matt's Gallery

Installation of Paul Carter's Hotel at Matt's Gallery
Paul Carter and Tom Trevatt installing Hotel
Installation of Paul Carter's exhibition Hotel at Matt's Gallery 9 September–1 November 2009


Installation of Paul Carter's exhibition Hotel at Matt's Gallery 9 September–1 November 2009
Paul Carter and Tom Trevatt installing Hotel

Paul Carter and Tom Trevatt installing Hotel
Tom Trevatts installing Hotel at Matt’s Gallery
Building Hotel, at Matt’s Gallery

Work in progress for Hotel
Paul Carter building Hotel, at Matt’s Gallery
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