Arthur Patching

"Who was actually pushing the switch? I was, but he kept insisting. I
told him "No, " but he said you got to keep going. I told him it's time we
stopped.....
Why didn't you just stop? He wouldn't let me. I wanted to stop. I kept
insisting to stop, but he said "No..."
Why didn't you just disregard what the experimenter said? He says it's
got to go on, the experiment."

(Milgram 1965, 128-9)


My Work explores and questions the body objectified through
medicine. The Trust we place in medical practice- playing the role of
the guinea pig, thereby evolving non-consensual human
experimentation. The experimenter seen as the menace is unknown,
often only seen gloved. The pieces play with ambiguity and are cold,
clinical, uncanny and almost alien.

C.V.

SOLO SHOWS

2010

SALVATION, Mon Ton Window Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2008

THE PAINTING SHOW, F40, Berlin, Germany

SELECTED WORKS, December Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2007

THE RESURRECTIONISTS, Mulholland 185 Gallery, Notting Hill, London

2003

SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY, Chelsea and Westminister Hospital, London

GROUP SHOWS

2010

UNTITLED GROUP SHOW, Galerie Rye, Montreal, Canada

HEY MONTREAL, SHOW US WHAT YOU HAVE GOT, Galerie Maison Kasini, Montreal, Canada

IN-BETWEEN WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS, Raw Space Gallery, Montreal, Canada

EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada

2009

HANG NIGHT, Heath Gallery, Harlem, New York, USA

UND DU STEHST DA DIE HANDE VOLL GEDARME, Gallery Untitled, Berlin, Germany

MANIFEST VIDEO, Division of Human Works, Brooklyn, New York, USA

ART AND MUSIC, The Airliner Space, Los Angeles, USA

A NIGHT OF ARTIST’S VIDEOS, Lagari Project Space, Berlin, Germany

DIRECTORS LOUNGE FILM FESTIVAL, Berlin, Germany

HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, The Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, England

2008

SHALL WE BEGIN, IAO Projects Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

ART MUSIC VOL 2, December Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2006

COMMUNICATORS, Multimedia Concert, Shoreditch Church, London

2003

NEW WORKS, Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, England

2002

DEGREE SHOW, M & B Motors, Goldsmiths College, London