Fraudulent mediums and miracle-mongers: Illusion, concealment and revelation in the works of Crivelli, Greenberg and Houdini
Article for the Journal of Contemporary Painting (Vol 10:1) placing in conversation Clement Greenberg and Harry Houdini in their engagement with a search for a truth and draws subtle parallels in their biographies. Greenberg searched for an essence in the material realm of paint and Houdini searched the paranormal through mediumistic séances, both looking to reduce or debunk ideas of illusion in their fields, or more specifically, deception.
Full of Days, Hermione Burton and Andy Holden
The Gallery of Everything, London, 19 March–30 April 2023
Reviewed by Karen David, Glasgow School of Art
For the Journal of Contemporary Painting (Vol 9:2)Spirit in the Sky for The Open Arms
Retelling of The Little Match Girl for 2021.
The Open Arms is an online project by Sally O'Reilly: "The Open Arms unbolted its doors when all other pubs closed theirs. It is a focus for and record of locked-down conviviality. Dive in for a swift sharpener or settle down to a hearty session. Turn the music up or off, avoid anyone you don't like the look of. The place is yours. And better still - everything is on the house."Fabled Times 2020
Magazine that accompanied The Collector's Room and included first-hand accounts of the exhibition which never opened in lockdown.
Notes on a Collection, JGM Gallery
Essay on works in exhibition and their possible connections to stage magic. P.34-45 The Collector’s Room catalogue, JGM Gallery
Over Me you Cast a Spell, JGM Gallery
Fiction imagining Harry Houdini's handcuffs as a sentient object. P.16-17 The Collector’s Room catalogue, JGM Gallery, 2020
Dark Skies by Karen David, Katie Goodwin’s Lightness and Kaamos films shown at TAP Southend
Dark Skies: A text on Light Pollution / Katie Goodwin’s Lightness and Kaamos films shown at TAP Southend, 2015
Dark Skies: A text on Light Pollution / Katie Goodwin’s Lightness and Kaamos films shown at TAP Southend
Day 1-5 by Karen David, Lightness by Katie Goodwin
Invited blogger for The Lightness project; a 2 part film project by artist Katie Goodwin
Lightness a 16mm film, shot mostly at night over late summer 2014 in Greenwich, London & Glenelg, Scottish Highlands, exploring light pollution and its effects. This blog exploring themes in Lightness has been contributed by artists Alex March, Jane Harris. Holly Stevenson, Othello De Souza Hartley, Karen David & Ian Maslen.
A Pair of Shoes by Karen David, Alastair Gordon at The Nunnery
Catalogue text for The Feet of Those; exhibition by Alastair Gordon at The Nunnery, 2014
The Breakfast Menu by Karen David
Catalogue text for Geometric Sequences; exhibition by Fiona Grady & Patrick Mifsud at Husk Galler, 2014
Jan 2014: Crux Desperationis 5 - director and editor Riccardo Boglione
Searching for the Viable Essence has been included (on p.25) in the International Journal of Conceptual Writing: Crux Desperationis 5
Type Face | James Petrucci by Karen David
Exhibition essay for Type Face | James Petrucci | 2013
Searching for the Viable Essence | Exhibition booklet
Self-published exhibition booklet including an essay by Mary Paterson to accompany solo show at Jacob's Island gallery 2011