Carlo Keshishian

Born in November of 1980, London (UK)

(note: my work is fairly detailed. Please see my website for larger photos)
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In Carlo Keshishian's work, much of what I find to be most interesting is the consistent adherence to mark making that elicits in tandem, both visceral (optical) sensations as well as philosophical percepts.

Specifically, in works such as The Intricacies of Carlo's Brain (1999), Family (2006),or The Void II (2007) the images are made up of labor intensive, near compulsive drawing that forms an image bearing unavoidable comparison to things found in that 17th C. invention we call the natural world. This slow burn process of building images through repetition, almost centrifugally, is an act that mirrors a biological precedent but also utilizes line both to articulate and actually contain time. What is also particularly compelling is the organization of marks along an x-y axis that wholly avoid being governed by a grid. And here lies a fruitful problem; even while as objects, these works exist on a flat rectangular field, Keshishian's project hints at continuum. An extended life beyond the four square limits of the page or canvas.

Line also articulate...

2012

BEIRUT ART FAIR
5th July - July 8th
Represented by The Running Horse Contemporary Arts Space
Beirut, Lebanon

CIRCUS TERMINAL
28th June - July 10th
Group show at Impaktes Visuals Gallery
Barcelona, Spain

WITHIN WITHOUT YOU
25th May- 10th June
Group show at Fringe Arts Bath
Bath, UK

SONGS OF ORDINARY MADNESS
7th May - June 7th
Group show at The Running Horse Contemporary Arts Space
Beirut, Lebanon

SHOWCASE
31st January- 27th February
Group show at Pallant House Gallery
Chichester, UK


2011

SLICK ART FAIR
18th - 23rd October
Represented by The Running Horse Contemporary Arts Space
alongside Rasha Kahil, Hiba Kalache and Alfred Tarazi
at the Palais de Tokyo
Paris, France

DESIRES, NIGHTMARES, AND DREAMS II
9th May - 11th June
Group show at The Running Horse Contemporary Arts Space
Beirut, Lebanon

COLLABORATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS
12th-17th April
Collaborative group show at Brighton Media Centre
Brighton, UK


2010

CRUNCH ART FAIR
19-21st November
Represented by The Museum of Everything
Hay-on-Wye, UK

OUTSIDE IN
19th June - 12th September
Group show at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Hastings, UK

LEAVING SOMEWHERE NEW
1st-30th June
Solo show at the Otter Galle...