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Stepping out of the midday fumes of Caledonian Road and into the creamy old world of The Yellow Bittern, I spot Cary Kwok across the
room. He is sitting on a warm wooden bench, dazed and staring at the rays of May sun streaming through the windows onto the custard-
coloured walls. As I approach he jumps up to offer me his seat, and after a gentle back-and-forth of politesses I settle in a chair across the
white tablecloth from him.
Cary and I have met to discuss Is This Love?, his forthcoming exhibition at Herald St, which will be his sixth with the gallery. Originally from Hong
Kong, the artist moved to London in 1995 to study fashion at Central Saint Martins and has lived here ever since. A meticulous draughtsman,
his detailed acrylic and ink paintings on thick slices of cardboard are intimate windows into fantasy worlds, often candy-toned and cinematic
and, until recently, largely explicit in their eroticism. He references contemporary popular culture as well as period art, design, music,…
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Stepping out of the midday fumes of Caledonian Road and into the creamy old world of The Yellow Bittern, I spot Cary Kwok across the
room. He is sitting on a warm wooden bench, dazed and staring at the rays of May sun streaming through the windows onto the custard-
coloured walls. As I approach he jumps up to offer me his seat, and after a gentle back-and-forth of politesses I settle in a chair across the
white tablecloth from him.
Cary and I have met to discuss Is This Love?, his forthcoming exhibition at Herald St, which will be his sixth with the gallery. Originally from Hong
Kong, the artist moved to London in 1995 to study fashion at Central Saint Martins and has lived here ever since. A meticulous draughtsman,
his detailed acrylic and ink paintings on thick slices of cardboard are intimate windows into fantasy worlds, often candy-toned and cinematic
and, until recently, largely explicit in their eroticism. He references contemporary popular culture as well as period art, design, music,…
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