Templon Presents Robin Kid's 'Permanent Display' Featuring New LIFE Series
Templon gallery is set to launch "Permanent Display," which will be Robin Kid's fourth solo exhibition. This show introduces his new LIFE series, a project he has been developing for several years. The concept for LIFE is inspired by a line from The Doors’ 1968 song "The Unknown Soldier," which touches on themes of everyday life, media influence, advertising, and political violence. Kid examines these topics through his artwork. The exhibition will feature a mix of pieces from the last ten years alongside the new series, providing a fresh perspective. This marks an important chapter in Kid's career, focusing on the intersection of culture, media, and politics. The specific dates for the exhibition are yet to be announced.
Key facts
- Templon will present 'Permanent Display', Robin Kid's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery.
- The exhibition is conceived around the first presentation of works from his new LIFE series.
- The LIFE series was developed by the artist over several years.
- The conceptual origin of LIFE can be traced to a lyric from The Doors' 1968 song 'The Unknown Soldier'.
- The lyric is: 'Breakfast where the news is read, television children fed, bullet strikes the helmet's head.'
- The exhibition places a focused selection of works from the past decade into dialogue with the new body of work.
- The works reveal the continuity of an artistic practice that examines how inherited cultural images shape our experience of the present.
- The exhibition is at Templon gallery.
Entities
Artists
- Robin Kid
Institutions
- Templon