welcome to my crib
Guts Projects, London, UK
Co-curated with Yueh-Ning Lee
Featured artists:
Athen Kardashian & Nina Mhach Durban
Hawazin Alotaibi
Rachel Hobkirk
Dean Hoy
‘welcome to my crib’ (a phrase taken from MTV show ‘Cribs’ that featured tours of the private homes of celebrities and aired until 2010) focuses on the turn-of-the-millenium nostalgia and the culture associated with it, explored through domestic artefacts and imagery sourced from movies, TV series, advertising and social media. Within this framework, the artists touch upon what has shaped their experience as a teenager, whether it is a migrant background, the fact of being an adolescent girl, or the sense of emotional support, or lack thereof, from others.
Exhibition Text + Floor Plan
Installation views of ‘welcome to my crib’ at Guts Projects. Courtesy Anastasia Chugunova, Yueh Ning-Lee and Guts Projects.
Athen Kardashian & Nina Mhach Durban, ‘Sandra-Dee’, 2024. Found image, badges, rice, beads, stick, Elvis fanzine with push-pins on found notice board, with nail polish, bells and Gogo. 40x70 cm.
Athen Kardashian & Nina Mhach Durban, ‘Jolen(e)’, 2023. Tramp-stamp paste up & lockable board, 45x60 cm.
Athen Kardashian & Nina Mhach Durban,‘Minnie’, 2023. Camera roll image on board w. sellotape & temporary tattoo, 29.5x21.5 cm.
Rachel Hobkirk, ‘Butterfly’, 2023. Oil on linen, 30x40 cm.
Dean Hoy, ‘INT. RIBS’ BEDROOM - A HUMID SUMMER HOLIDAY NIGHT’, 2024. Soft toys, organic kapok, glass pearls, recycled fur, leather trims, scarecrow charm, hair, ribbon. Dimensions variable.
Hawazin Alotaibi, ‘Splashes’, 2024. Experimental printing and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm.
Hawazin Alotaibi, ‘Masa2 El Ward’, 2024. Acrylic and experimental printing on canvas, 60cm x 70 cm.
Hawazin Alotaibi, ‘Lucky Charm 3’, 2024. Ceramic, acrilyc and experimental painting on canvas, 15x19 cm.