Carl Kostyál (UK/SE/IT)

Carl Kostyál opened his eponymous gallery at no. 12A Savile Row, London in 2010. He launched his first Stockholm space, Isbrytaren, at Igeldammsgatan20 in 2013 and in 2016 moved to the former German Embassy at Artillerigatan. In May 2021 the gallery opened their new exhibition space, Hospitalet in Nacka, Stockholm.

CARL KOSTYÁL LONDON
12a Savile Row, London W1S 3PQ

CARL KOSTYÁL STOCKHOLM
Hospitalet, Sjökvarnsbacken 15,
131 71 Nacka, Stockholm
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For Chart 2023, Carl Kostyál is delighted to present a duo show by two kinetic artists, Harrison Pearce and Georg Nordmark.

Harrison Pearce (UK)

Similar perhaps to Mel Bochner’s early 1960s installations, where readymade systems of measurement and language and their limited ability to explain and describe an object were put to the test, Pearce’s ongoing exploration of the mechanics of measurement, using the grammar of painting and sculpture as his vehicle, poses many open-ended propositions. It is possible he shares a similar aim to Bochner, whose intention was that “art could go from being the record of someone else’s perception to becoming the recognition of your own".

Harrison Pearce (b. 1986, United Kingdom) holds an MFA from City & Guilds of London Art School and an MA in Philosophy from Birkbeck, University of London. Recent exhibitions include ‘HOST’, Carl Kostyál, London; ’Everybody Is a Complete Disappointment’, New Galerie, Paris; ’Absolute Pressure’, Ribot Gallery, Milan; 'Maladapted', Baert Gallery, Los Angeles; ‘Stockholm Sessions’, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm; ‘Soft Display’, Division of Labour, Manchester, UK; West Bund Art Fair, Mine Project, Shanghai; ‘Friends and Friends of Friends’, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria.

Long Phrase

Oil and acrylic on canvas
2021

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Stateless

Kinetic sculpture
2022

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'HOST'

Installation view at Carl Kostyál London
2022

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Georg Nordmark (SE)

Evoking movements, bites, claws and sniffs, Georg Nordmark’s conceptual sculptures take as their point of departure the objects used in the caretaking and handling of incarcerated animals. By bringing these elements into the art space, he seeks to investigate themes of behaviourism, discipline and enrichment.

Georg Nordmark (b. 1994, Gothenburg; SE) lives and works in Berlin. He holds a BFA and MFA from the Royal Institute of Art Stockholm. Recent exhibitions include shows at Carl Kostyál | Hospitalet, Stockholm, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm; Issues Gallery, Stockholm; Inter.pblc gallery, Copenhagen; Royal Institute of Art Stockholm.

Triad Nut Maze

Wood laquer steel plexiglass silicone macadamia nut, 120h × 110w × 5d cm
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Carl Kostyál

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The Conspecific Confrontation Mirror

Aluminium plexiglass rubber steel and hair, 150h × 170w × 150d cm
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Carl Kostyál

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Borromean Ball Elephant Toy l

Car tires steel and jingle bell, 70h × 70w × 70d cm
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Carl Kostyál

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Tetrad Nut Maze (detail)

Wood lacquer steel plexiglass and walnut
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Carl Kostyál

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"The construction of an art experience presents striking similarities with the presentation of any inanimate object that, through intentionality and expression, evokes a response. On a more formal level, all experience must be constructed within some kind of limiting structure, like a cage or an exhibition space. Within these structures, I am interested in how contrast makes visible the pre-conditions that distinguish humans from other species of animal."

Georg Nordmark

Installation view, Art Cologne, 2022

Carl Kostyál (UK/SE/IT)

Curated forCHART