Scott King (b. 1969, Goole) lives and works in London. King has exhibited his work internationally, with recent solo exhibitions including CRASH! presents A Better Britain II: Britlins, Reading: International, Reading, UK (two-person) (2017); Anish and Antony take Afghanistan, Herald St – Golden Sq, London (2015); Totem Motif, Bortolami, New York; De-Regeneration, Spacex, Exeter; Totem Motif, Between Bridges, Berlin (all 2014); Scott King & Richard Serra, curated by Dominic Molon, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2011); Temporary Eyesore(commissioned by the Architecture Foundation), Bankside, London; and Marxist Disco! Cancelled, Kunstverein Munich, Munich (both 2008).
Scott King in conversation with Jeremy Deller
8 February 2018
Scott King in conversation by friend and collaborator Jeremy Deller as part of King’s solo exhibition, Welcome to Saxnot, at Studio Voltaire. In Welcome to Saxnot, King conjured up a fantasy of Britain’s past, taking the holiday camp as a template for a model society: implanting the ethos, planning, regimentation and fun of 1970s Butlin’s and from it building a model for a New Britain. Presenting archival footage, images and recordings, King and Deller considered the dichotomies of the seemingly utopian 1970s holiday camps, in contrast to the socio-political realities of its heyday.
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Jeremy Deller (b. 1966, London). His multi-faceted practice incorporates forms of social investigation and archival research, often celebrating British popular and vernacular culture. The artist represented Britain in the Venice Biennale in 2013 and won the Turner Prize in 2004. In 2016 Deller collaborated with Iggy Pop on a life drawing class. In 2017 he participated in Skulptur Projekte Münster. Deller is represented by The Modern Institute, Glasgow; Art Concept, Paris and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.