- Acidum Project – Brazil
- Adlane Samet – Algeria
- Alburoto – Philippines
- Amanda Adomaitis – USA
- Amanda Shelsher – AUS
- Amber Kingi – AUS
- Angie Goto – AUS
- Ariel Katzir – AUS
- Attilio Esposito – Italy
- BL2A – Spain
- BRIAN CIRMO – USA
- Beau Bernier Frank – USA
- Brad Donovan – New Zealand
- CARLOS QUIRALTE – Spain
- Caitlyn Taylor – AUS
- Cezary Stulgis – AUS
- Christina Gschwantner – VIENNA
- Christopher Lees – Australia
- Claire Yerbury – Aus
- Constance Bachmann – Canada
- David Thomas – USA
- EMMA YOUNG – AUSTRALIA
- Elina Ojakangas – Sweden
- Emanuele Tozzoli – Italy
- Erik Minter – USA
- Flora Castiglia – Argentina
- Florent Stosskopf – FRANCE
- GABRIEL HUNE – BRAZIL
- Gabo Valenzuela – Philippines
- German Jauregui – Colombia/Aus
- Glendon Cordell – AUS
- Go Suga – AUS
- HAYDEN PHOENIX – AUSTRALIA
- Hayden White – USA
- IVÁN MONTAÑA – SPAIN
- Ian Bertolucci – Italy
- Igor Villares Rosa – Brazil
- Iryna Maksymova
- JOAQUIN VALDEZ – USA
- JULIANA SHAFFIA
- JUN OSON – JAPAN
- Jisbar – France
- Johnny Romeo – AUS
- Jose Ramón Lozano – Spain
- Josias Figueirido – USA/Spain
- Juan Manuel Romero
- Juri Lobunko – Germany
- Kevin Sabo – USA
- LUCAS GEOR – AUSTRALIA
- Laura White – AUS
- Leisa Russell – AUS
- Linda Wallis – UK
- Lucas Lamenha
- Luciano Suárez – Spain
- Lucy Pulvers
- MART AIRE – ARGENTINA
- MS. DYU
- Marina Gonzalez Eme – Spain
- Marius Seidlitz
- Megan Puls – AUS
- Mellissa Read-Devine – AUS
- Michael Polakowski – USA
- Michelle Selway Lampard – AUS
- Mickey Mason – Australia
- Mikael Takacs – Sweden
- Nathaniel Bolarinwa – Nigeria
- Nector – COLOMBIA
- Ota – Korea
- Paolo Pilotti – Italy
- Patrick McMahon – AUS
- Philip Bosmans – Belgium
- RAMIRO SILVA-CORTES
- Rachel Morrissey – USA
- Ramona Nordal – Canada
- Riccardo Nannini (A.K.A CANE) – SPAIN
- Robyn Leoni Abbott – AUS
- Ryuzo Kojima – Japan
- SALMOS – BRAZIL
- Sally Paxton – AUS
- Sarah Beetson
- Sean Edward Whelan – AUS
- Silas – Netherlands
- Sol Felpeto – Spain
- Talita Barbosa – Portugal
- Thomas Graven – France
- Todd Romanowycz – AUS
- Tom Berenz – USA
- Tony Roos – Sweden
- Vincent Arnold – CANADA
- Wayan Sarcita Yasa – Indonesia
- YANA MEDOW – SPAIN
- Yool Kim – Korea
- Yoshi 47 – Japan
Participating Artists.
RICHARD DENNY – Paper Towns
Hosted By 19 KAREN
February 18th - March 17th, 2012
Artist Statement
A ‘trap’ street is a misrepresentation on a map. It is either accidental or an intended copyright trap. Paper towns and mountains have been placed on maps for the same purpose. Presented here are some characters and stories from a Paper Town.
This is the 11th solo show from the broader series “ Is the map the territory” which was first conceived in France in 2008; once whilst meandering through the streets of an unusually snow covered Marseille, Richard Denny discovered an abandoned box of maps. Upon further examination, it was an extensive collection, holding portrayals of most regions of France.
As the overlord of general semantics Alfred Korzybski once said: “A map is not the territory”. This highlights the notion that one can peer at a map, and understand the layout of the land via it, but the map will only ever signify the geography of what is there, never accurately describe its nuances. By deploying the found maps as an actual canvas, and a basis for his characters, Richard Denny has found a means of dripping flavours of personality and territory over the maps. Using the lines of contour, river, border and road, Richard Denny paints in his own lines, shapes and textures. Later, from these cartographic cross-hatchings emerge characters representing people, daily experiences and settings.