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"I recently had a lengthy phone conversation with Nicholas Logsdail, the founder of Lisson Gallery. He was telling me about an interesting artist that I should investigate called Terry Bond. Yet, as I often gravitate towards women artists for their unique perspectives, I was immediately drawn towards a link on Terry's website, to that of his partner Karen Densham, who is also an artist.
Karen's twee, kitsch ceramics, and her subtle, delicate watercolours with undertones of sexuality and frustration, speak to the experience of many women, like several of our gallery artists. Her work needs to be shown. I hope you enjoy this new discovery…"
- Richard Saltoun
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Karen DENSHAM
Pussy in the Well, 2020Ceramic30 x 24 x 15cm -
'When Armegeddon strikes and invention and resourcefulness are a requirement for survival, I will be seen clinging to her, offering myself up as her assistant.'
- TERRY BOND
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Karen DENSHAM
Cart before the Horse, 2020
Ceramic30 x 35 cm -
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Karen DENSHAM
Social Climber, 2020Ceramic with found ceramic cat33 x 25 x 16 cm -
‘Much of Karen’s work challenges our assumptions and presumptions about the world around us. Our tendency to anthropomorphise, our inclination towards the ‘cute’ and ‘pretty’, our desire for the bucolic, and the way in which we seek the ‘cosy’ or sentimental side of life, are useful departure points for some of Karen’s works to react against, turning expectations around in a way that can surprise or shock, and encouraging us to re-examine our value systems and judgements.’
- Kaavous Clayton
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Karen DENSHAM
Hop, Skip, Jump, 2020Ceramic and gold lustre18 x 30 x 15 cm -
Karen DENSHAM
Heard Mentality, 2020Ceramic11 x 29 x 21 cm -
‘Densham’s works cannot be regarded as whimsical or as flights of fancy. On the contrary, they are rooted in everyday life, sometimes in its accidently comical tawdriness, sometimes in its tragicomedy of human relations, and sometimes in its routine horrors.’
- Matthew Bowman
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Karen DENSHAM
Killjoy, 2015Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag80 x 60 cm
Karen DENSHAM: Waiting for Something Better to Come Along
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