Childish Things

9 Oct-21 Nov 2015

Overview

Vija Celmins, Robert Gober, Mike Kelley. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13.11 Skarstedt is pleased to announce its forthcoming exhibition Childish Things, to coincide with Frieze Masters at the London gallery in October. Featuring iconic works by Vija Celmins, Robert Gober and Mike Kelley, the exhibition engages with the deeply personal and often repressed memories of childhood. Looking back on this formative period from adulthood, the artists incorporate keepsakes and domestic objects charged with emotional and physical connotations, to emphasize the influence of childhood on their personal and artistic development.