Chris King

@christopherking.org

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Unprofessonal Creative. Dabbler in things I don't fully understand. *barely ever here www.christopherking.org

a bundle of small found items: chalk, lichen, feather and sheeps wool. tied together and photographed
Jim Ghedi in tattered court dress sits slumped in a chair at the bottom of a quarry. In Black and White
A colourful collage of painted surfaces, text, photographs and ephemera. An image of David Bowie as the Thin White Duke emerges from the smear of colour and imagery.
A picture of a well used pencil on the edge of a work bench.
A batch of yummy golden brown madeleines dusted in powdered sugar sit on a wire cooling tray.
A small carved wooden bird with a concrete base, made by Christopher King, sits on the edge of a wooden weaving loom against a white painted wall in the light of a nearby window.
A vintage wooden darning mushroom sits on a cloth covered table, in soft window light with some wool, needles, a thimble, scissors and two dark purple figs
A copy of Antonio Melechi's book "Fugitive Minds. On madness,sleep & other twighlight afflictions"
From a darkened room we can see out the window on to a view of blue seas dotted with small sailing boats highlighted by the evening sun.
two carved wooden curlews on my workbench. The birds are made from old oak, with beaks carved from yew and walnut. They stand on bases of concrete with a coroded steel post. On the bench are other partially made wooden birds.
Small pieces of found wood and a piece of ironstone on top of my watercolour sketchbook
A minimal bird sculpture by Christopher King made from scorched wood and set on a base of concrete. It sits against a background of shadows
Photograph taken in Venice by Chris King, showing an electical box and cable loosely strung up near on old window in a wall of crumbling brick and plaster.
A wooden bird sculpture by Christopher King. The bird made from limewood in a scorched finish sits on a base of concrete in front of a linen backdrop on the artists studio work table.
A digital collage based around the image of St Matthews Drive in Bromley from The Buddha of Suburbia, with a warm golden circle referencing the 19th card of the major arcana. Overlaid images of maps plot an optimistic escape route out of suburbia to a possible bright new future.
Kevin Loader the British TV & Film producer stands in the middle of St Matthews Drive, a cul-de-sac lined with white ranch style bungalows, he gesticulates wildly mimicking the actions of David Bowie in the music video for Buddha of Suburbia, which was filmed here by Kevin.
a collection of photographs, maps, sketches and paint marks creates a silhouette of David Bowie
a mud splattered, very tired looking Steve McQueen drinks from a cup and saucer.
Carved wooden bird on a stand of concrete made by Christopher King. Set on a table against a linen cloth. https://www.christopherking.org/store