Cullinan Richards
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OverviewCharlotte Cullinan and Jeanine Richards are an artist duo working collaboratively since 1998 who focus on painting through a variety of means. By producing paintings together they explore a synthesis between painting as image and painting as object and a wider contemporary conversation around expanded painting.
Charlotte Cullinan and Jeanine Richards have worked collaboratively since 1998. Within their large-scale installations, Cullinan Richards explore themes including history, family, and shared social and cultural experiences. The resulting works are a mix of documentation that melds with fiction and lived personal histories to question the position of the artwork and the structure of an exhibition.
Exhibition making is a fundamental aspect of Cullinan Richards’ practice. The overall presentation of their work–comprised of discrete elements including painting, objects and lighting–is offered as a proposition or mise-en-scene to receive social interaction within and beyond a gallery through conversation, and exchange.
Their work was featured in Artforum, The Guardian, Art Monthly, and more. They were amongst the selectors of New Contemporaries 2012 and in 2013 they established 4Cose Italian grocery store and art installation with Andrea Sassi at the front of their studio on Vyner Street, London.
Exhibitions include 6th Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2003); Independence, South London Gallery, London (2003); Edge of the Real–A Painting Show, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2004); British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham; Hayward Gallery, London; Tramway, Glasgow; Royal William Yard, Plymouth (2010); Recent British Painting, GRIMM, Amsterdam (2012); Wide Open School, Hayward Gallery, London (2012); Goodbye Charles, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver (2017); Being Sassy, Dispari&Dispari Project, Berlin (2018); Shadowed Forms, Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen (2018); ENDGAME, Secci, Pietrasanta (2023); and Positions, Alma Pearl, London (2023), amongst others.
Cullinan Richards have work in the Arts Council Collection UK, Marx Collection, Berlin, Sassi family collection Reggio Emilia, Italy, and other private collections.
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Works
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Cullinan RichardsGhost Technology (with dust sheet), 2024Mirrored acrylic on plywood panels, folded and embroidered cotton dust sheet210 x 62 x 62 cm
82 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Cotton dust sheet:
24 x 53 x 10 cm
9 1/2 x 21 x 4 in -
Cullinan RichardsSilver Painting (for Women), 2022Oil on linen155 x 125.5 cm
61 x 49 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsBewitched (pink and black), 2021Oil and acrylic on canvas, steel frame52 x 42 cm
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsBewitched (silver, pink, black), 2021Oil and acrylic on canvas, steel frame52 x 42 cm
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsCriss Kraus (grey), 2021Oil on blackout material, steel frame52 x 42 cm
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsTable painting (pink), 2021Oil paint, plywood, mirrored acrylic, mild steel, beeswax candle102 x 145 x 60 cm
40 1/4 x 57 x 23 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsMovement of figures (3), 2016Oil on canvas, steel frame52 x 42 cm
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsCompetition for women’s team pursuit is turning into a clash of generations, 2011-2024Industrial paint tin, newspaper, concrete blocks, and mirrored acrylic on plywood panels47.5 x 145 x 60 cm
18 1/2 x 57 x 23 1/2 in -
Cullinan RichardsIan Poulter wore shocking pink, 2010Oil painting, canvas, glassine, tape, newspaper and household paint113 x 85 x 7 cm
44 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 2 3/4 in -
Cullinan RichardsLarge Chandelier (suspended from the floor, seen from above), 2009 – 2024Wood, oil based household paint, hand blown glass, and neon lights on 'table painting (pink)' and surrounded by mirrored acrylic panelsDimensions variable
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Cullinan RichardsStrippers, 2008Wood, industrial paint, plastic, 'Dexion' slotted angle barsDimensions variable
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Exhibitions
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Cullinan Richards
Second Act. Plot Twist 15 Nov - 21 Dec 2024Cullinan Richards: Second Act. Plot Twist follows Retrospective, the first iteration of Cullinan Richards’ solo exhibition at Alma Pearl. Second Act is defined as “a second period or stage of...Read more -
Cullinan Richards
Retrospective 27 Sep - 2 Nov 2024Alma Pearl is pleased to announce Cullinan Richards: Retrospective, the first solo exhibition with the gallery since announcing their representation. In the last two decades, this pioneering artist duo has...Read more -
Bitch Magic
26 Jan - 2 Mar 2024Alma Pearl is pleased to present Bitch Magic, an exhibition curated by gallery founder Celeste Baracchi. The exhibition brings together a cross-generational group of women and non-binary artists who align...Read more -
Positions, Part One
28 Apr - 10 Jun 2023Positions, part one runs 28 April to 10 June with a private view on Thursday, 27 April 6-9pm; Positions, part two will run from 23 June-3 August.Read more
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Press