Jesse Darling’s multi-disciplinary practice considers how bodily subjects are initially formed and continuously reformed through sociopolitical influences. Jesse Darling draws on his own experience as well as the narratives of history and counter-history. He explores the inherent vulnerability of being a body, and how the inevitable mortality of living things translates to civilizations and structures. Featuring an array of free-floating consumer goods, support devices, liturgical objects, construction materials, fictional characters and mythical symbols, Jesse Darling’s work recontextualizes manmade objects to reveal their precarity. Simultaneously wounded and liberated shapes outwardly bare their frailty and need for care and healing. In 2023, he was awarded the Turner Prize 2023 in Painting.
La pratique pluridisciplinaire de Jesse Darling explore la manière dont les corps sont constitués puis continuellement transformés par le socio-politique. Jesse Darling s’inspire autant de sa propre expérience que des récits de l’Histoire et leurs contre-histoires. Il explore la vulnérabilité inhérente au corps et la manière dont cette inévitable mortalité se traduit dans la structure des civilisations. Par l'utilisation de biens de consommation courants, de dispositifs de soutien, d'objets liturgiques, de matériaux de construction, ou encore de personnages fictifs et de symboles mythiques, Jesse Darling recontextualise les objets fabriqués par l’homme pour révéler leur précarité. Simultanément blessées et libérées, les formes mettent à nu leur fragilité et leur besoin de soins et de guérison. En 2023, il a reçu le Turner Prize en Peinture.


Jesse Darling
Born in 1981
Lives & works in Oxford


May 3 – Jun 1, 2024
UntitledSultana, Paris, FRSolo showView More
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Aug 30, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
I'm Sorry, this Space Is ReservedNikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DKGroup showView More
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Feb 18 – May 14, 2023
Exposé·esPalais de Tokyo, Paris, FRGroup showView More
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Oct 12 – Oct 16, 2023
MiserereSt James church, London, UKSolo showView More
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Mar 5 – May 1, 2022
No Medals No Ribbons Modern Art Oxford, UKSolo showView More
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Oct 7, 2023 – Jan 21, 2024
Interdependencies: Perspectives on Care and ResilienceMigros Museum, ZĂĽrich, CHSolo showView More
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Sep 13, 2024 – Feb 9, 2025
TransformingKunst Raum Mitte, Berlin, DEGroup showView More
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May 13 – Jun 26, 2022
EnclosuresCamden Art Center, London, UKSolo showView More
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