Montez Press January News

January Interjection: D & G  – Solomon Garçon

Solomon Garçon (b. 1991, London) lives and works in London. In 2023, Garçon’s debut institutional solo exhibition ARMS was presented at Studio Voltaire, London. His work has been presented internationally at Galerie Buchholz (Fasanenstr. 31 space, 2023), and performed at Kunstverein München (2022), FOAM, Amsterdam (2022), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021), Kampnagel, Hamburg, Café Oto, London (2020) and the South London Gallery, London (2019).

→ See Solomon’s work here

From the WR archive: A Year – Chanel Vegas

Throughout 2024 we’ve had a number of writer residents join us at the MP studio in London where they’ve received editorial support, time and space to create. Over the next year we’ll be sharing their work in our monthly newsletters and on our [removed]; 

Chanel Vegas is a London-born artist and graduate of Goldsmiths University. As a working-class artist and a person of colour, she represents a voice that is increasingly rare in today’s art world. Notably, she was the first graduate to receive the Artist Award from [removed]; 

Chanel’s practice centers on transforming surfaces through sound and acts of destruction, blending physicality with conceptual depth. Recently she has been known for her trampoline paintings / performances where an NHS gown becomes the canvas, resembling the struggle of suffering from mental health and the strains on the NHS becoming privatised. Her performative work delves into the complexities of identity, exploring the internal divide, the “other side,” and the darkness that can consume us. Using spoken word and poetry, she breathes life into her sculptural paintings, creating a powerful interplay between text, performance, and form.

→ Read Chanel Vegas’ ‘A Year’
→ View Chanel’s website here

Introducing our guest editor for The Interjection Calendar IC011: Racheal Crowther

Racheal Crowther (b. Dublin, Ireland) lives and works in London. She holds a BA in Fine Art and Critical Thinking from Goldsmiths University of London and has just completed her Postgraduate Diploma from Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, [removed];

With an interest in biopolitical structures and the physical and psychological bounds of the spaces we inhabit (both public and private), she explores the social constructs surrounding material function. Pulling from the social, commercial, and institutional environments she has traversed; these experiences are articulated through works which include hacking radio frequencies, sculptural sound works and utilising olfactive materials to make visible the psychosocial dysfunction within systems of governance & [removed];

→ Visit Racheal’s website here

MPR January Schedule: 

MPR will be broadcasting on the 23rd, 24th, and 31st of January. Check out our full schedule for more details at Montez Press Radio.

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MPR & Montez Press