Artist P Staff

This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the artist P Staff. 

Born in Bognor Regis in the UK and now living and working between Los Angeles and London, P’s work draws from a wide-ranging assortment of inspirations, materials, and settings to emphasize the processes by which bodies – especially those of people who are queer, trans, or disabled – are controlled by society. 

P works across multiple media, including installation, film, and poetry. In their 2019 installation On Venus at the Serpentine Gallery in London, P used mirrored floors, yellow lights, and warped footage to explore the exchange between bodies, ecosystems, and institutions from a queer and trans perspective. P went on to present a version of this work at the Venice Biennale last year.

And in their exhibition this summer at the Kunsthalle Basel titled In Ecstasy (or alternatively In Ekstase), P used materials including electric nets, architectural interventions, and holograms to consider how bodies are disciplined in a society defined by capitalism and its brutality. 

Among a host of venues worldwide, P has had solo exhibitions at institutions including the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Chisenhale Gallery, London (which is actually run by Zoe Whitley, a guest from Season 1 of Art from the Outside).

Some artists and thinkers discussed in this episode:

• Yvonne Rainer
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
• Nina Hagen
• Candice Lin
• Johanna Burton
• Justin Vivian Bond
• Jackson Pollock
• Nikita Gale
• Tishan Hsu
• Tracey Emin
• Rachel Cusk
• Tiona Nekkia McClodden
• Ashley James, Ph.D

P is represented by Commonwealth and Council in the United States and Galerie Sultana in Europe.

https://commonwealthandcouncil.com/us/patrick-staff/biography

https://galeriesultana.com/artists/p-staff

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