Bedtime
1990s BHS Brass lamp, Adidas Originals tracksuit bottoms, gold plated Cuban chain

Supper time
1990s G Plan dining chair, Adidas Originals tracksuit bottoms, stainless steel chain

Cultural Capital
Fake Victorian Style armchair bought from an auction on Facebook Marketplace of furniture from a now defunct Ted Baker store, Original Barbour Wax Jacket

But, I’ve got Wheels? Bike seats

Unravel/Reassemble
Leather, rubber, ste

Pathetic Phallusy
5kg cast iron weight, scaffolding, end cap

︎︎︎ Bodies, buildings (2024)

︎︎︎ Mother (2024)

We have been living in an era of revivalism’, wrote David Egerton in the Guardian in late June 2022, speaking specifically of revived notions of a [Great] Global Britain. From Brexit to hard borders, echoes of Rule Britannia have been ringing out loud and proud — political discourse, left and right alike, evoking visions of a ‘buccaneering’ Britain, here to steer us through the choppy deterioration of public services, culture wars, cost of living crises and rising far-right extremism.

Convenient flag-wave aside, when is it finally time to ask, who exactly is the fallacy of the United Kingdom actually serving? Referencing the Acts of Union that created the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707, this exhibition stands as a point of rupture against nationalism, state sovereignty, imperialist legacy and political populism.

Featuring works spanning photography, sculpture, textiles and moving image, this show brings together 14 emerging artists — with works that engage critically with what it means to live, work and sow new seeds of national identity against the backdrop of a post-Brexit, divided, binary Britain.


Participating artists

Beverley Duckworth, Jody Evans & Dalia Araby, A. Howard, AC Larsen, Dave McCorry, Joseff Morgan, Timothy Ogu, Isobel Scarsbrook, Clara Scullion, Alexandra Warren, Rosalind Wilson, Charlie Yetton, Samuel Zhang

In partnership with Hypha Studios, Netil House & Eat Work Art. With thanks to support by Goldsmiths Exhibitions Hub.

AC Larsen, Bacon Butty, 2024, Fake King Charles III £50, bank notes, Kingsmill sliced white bread, Gold plated Cuban Chain, paper plate, Vintage wine table, Installation shot

Rosalind Wilson, Toffee, Hornet, Lioness, 2022, Weetabix box, acrylic paint, gold leaf, cross stitch. embroidery, gaffa tape, found objects

Jody Evans & Dalia Araby, Pervert*, 2022, Framed silver gelatin print

Alexandra Warren, Trail plate ii, 2024, Glazed earthenware

AC Larsen is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in London. With a practice that spans sculpture, installation, text-based work and poetry, Larsen’s work is rooted in exploring queer, trans embodiment within the context of contemporary Britain. Drawing heavily from pop culture, fashion and advertising slogans, Larsen’s work aims to draw attention to attendant politics and the often insidious power relations that flow through British institutions and class structures. A central part of their practice is an interest in the materiality of objects and language, with many of their pieces exploring how the juxtaposition of specific materials and the recontextualisation of objects can evoke and challenge specific discourses.


Select Exhibitions

2025   Low Realisms, group show at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy

2025   Clinging On, group show at ACME Studios Glassyard, London

2025   Archive of the Forgotten Forms, group show at Seager Gallery, London (upcoming)

2025   New Contemporaries, group show at the ICA, London 

2024   ACTS OF UNION, group show and curatorial project at Netil House, Hackney

2024   New Contemporaries, group show at KARST; The Mirror; The Levinsky Gallery, Plymouth

2024   One Third of a Slice: Working Space, group show at Hypha Studios, Stratford 

2023    derelict, group show at Safehouse, London

2023   DUMP 01, group show at Greatorex Street, London

2023    Do you buy this? group show at Ugly Duck, London

2023    Metamorphosis, group show at Stanley Picker Gallery & Swan Public House, Kingston

2023    :in Dialogue, group show at FuseBox, Kingston-upon-Thames

2023    Nightlife, group show at E1, London

2023    Toughness & Tenderness, group show at Bermondsey Project Space, London

2023    Sleeve Shock, group show at Bermondsey Project Space, London

2022    Queer Art(ists) Now, group show at Space Station Sixty-Five, London

2022    Shop Flaw, group show at Not My Beautiful House, Kingston-upon-Thames

2021    Lonsdale Road, group show at Drifter Galleries, London

2019    Here’s Hope, group show at Menier Gallery, London


Residencies

2025    Low Realisms: The Artists’ Research Laboratory at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como

2025   Artist in Residence, OOF Gallery, London


Education

2023    Kingston School of Art, MFA Fine Art