Merlin Carpenter

POLICE

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GLOBOCOP ROLE

Kettle me
Rotate me
Social control dissolves
Who is England for?
THE POLICE

Each policeman
makes her own life
I am free
you are freer
you constitute freedom
who is free?

common dream of urban peace

Hackney riots and processed beats

Police is not the police

but a facebook logo
a subjectless internet object
a profit zone
a boundary-keeper
an artworld “to do” list of the 00s

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 1
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0005

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 2
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0006

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 3
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0007

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 4
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0008

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 5
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0009

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 6
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0010

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 7
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0011

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 8
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0012

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 9
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0013

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 10
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0014

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter
POLICE 11
2013
oil on linen
137.5 cm x 198.5 cm
54” x 78”

Inv# DEP-MC-0015

The paintings can be hung any way up

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Merlin Carpenter

POLICE

Opening
19 APRIL, 7 - 9 PM

Exhibition
19 APRIL - 26 MAY

varkensmarkt 4 rue du marché aux porcs

Brussel 1000 Bruxelles
t + 32 (0) 2 217 74 00
f + 32 (0) 2 217 74 01
www.dependance.be
info@dependance.be

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Born in Pembury in 1967, Merlin Carpenter lives and works in London.

Recent solo exhibitions include funky house, Limazulu Project Space,

L o n d o n , TA T E C A F É , R e e n a S p a u l i n g s F i n e A r t , N e w Yo r k ( 2 0 1 2 ) , TA T E
C A F É , S i m o n L e e G a l l e r y, L o n d o n , U K „ H e r o e s “ , M D 7 2 , B e r l i n , a n d
M e r l i n C a r p e n t e r , O v e r d u i n a n d K i t e , L o s A n g e l e s ( 2 0 11 ) .

C a r p e n t e r ’s r e n o w n e d T h e O p e n i n g e x h i b i t i o n s t o o k p l a c e f r o m 2 0 0 7 t o
2 0 0 9 i n t h e f o l l o w i n g v e n u e s : d é p e n d a n c e s , B r u s s e l s , S i m o n L e e G a l l e r y,
London, Galerie Mitterrand + Sanz, Zürich, Galerie Christian Nagel (at
M e r c e d e s - We l t a m S a l z u f e r & T h e C o r n e r ) , B e r l i n , R e e n a S p a u l i n g s F i n e
A r t , N e w Yo r k a n d O v e r d u i n a n d K i t e , L o s A n g e l e s .

His work is collected by public and private institutions world-wide.

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