PRIEST's 'Paper Cut' exhibition at Saatchi Gallery uses childlike craft aesthetic to explore serious youth issues
By
Garrick Webster
Properly proved. Has structure, has flavour, has a point.
Summary
PRIEST's "Paper Cut" exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery (running until 18 January 2025) uses a deliberately naive, childlike aesthetic with materials like cardboard, popsicle sticks, and pipe cleaners to create large-scale installations. Despite the playful, kindergarten-craft appearance, the artwork tackles serious themes about the challenges facing young people in the 21st century, using scale manipulation and raw artistic techniques to deliver a powerful social commentary.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWith displays including a giant cardboard diorama, huge colouring sheets, a popsicle-stick shack, and pipe-cleaner people, at first it feels like a nostalgic trip to a kindergarten craft area.
Playing with the scale of objects – look for the enormous markers – and presented in a naive style, the aesthetic is fun and familiar.
Look a little closer, however, and PRIEST's true...
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