Tea leaf

Kevin Francis Gray | Richard Hughes | Susanne Kohler | Matt & Ross | Milika Muritu | Mark Pearson | Richard Priestley | Bob & Roberta Smith

17.10.200421.11.2004

Curated by Richard Priestley

The title of this show was selected for it's everyday,  business as usual inflection. 

Richard Hughes, 2006
Richard Hughes, 2006

The term 'tealeaf' is also cockney rhyming slang for a thief. The romanticised tone of the slang may conjure a gypsy, traveller, poacher or rogue. This romanticism, born of the Victorian era, may also be deemed to allude to the hallucinogenic period of self-indulgent introspection in Victorian England within the bohemian world of the artist, writer, actor and dandy.

Like human magpies, artists collect, hoard and covet artefacts, icons and imagery which catalogue the vision of their minds eye which they offer to the audience as document of their introspection.'Tealeaf' reflects the process depited inside the exhibition.

In association with Cell Project Space I LOVE MY YUGO, Sarah Carne London tour 8th, 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th October The Yugo will be traveling between MOT, Keith Talent, 1000000mph, Cell Project Space and Jeffrey Charles Gallery on these dates. To book a ride call 07981336628 and leave contact details, visit www.sarahcarne.co.uk for more details.