The Radar: Garrett Davis, Bertie Garnett and Sohyun Han
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In our new series, The Radar, we’re asking quick-fire questions to artists we’ve got our eye on. Our first round-up spotlights Garrett Davis, Bertie Garnett and Sohyun Han
Garrett Davis, A Meeting Taking Place Outside the Heliopause, 2023
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What Being Shot in the Head Looks Like but Your Subconscious Self is Still Processing it, 2023
American artist Garrett Davis collects random images, photographs, statues and cards to create experimental and surrealist prints. Made digitally with overlaid textures and photomanipulation before printing out and scanning, Davis’ work explores themes of memory, introspection, dreams and the subconscious.
Age: 21
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, US
Last dream you had: My late sister visited me in my room at night, we spoke and I asked her questions. I don’t remember a lot, but I do remember the last thing I asked her: whether she was safe or okay. She nodded gently and after that, everything faded to black. I’m glad I don’t remember the rest. I think that was a sufficient ending to her story
Last thing you gossiped about: The lack of passion for wanting more in life and how labelling yourself as ‘not good’ can be damaging
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @kingsley_ifill
Favourite movie: Blue Velvet by David Lynch
Favourite album: Souvlaki by Slowdive
Favourite artwork: It changes, but as of right now it’s Family (2007) by Luboš Plný
Favourite exhibition you’ve seen: Not exactly an exhibition, but the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. I saw my first Warhol there and fell in love with Voice of Space (La voix des airs) by René Magritte, which opened my eyes to a new idea of what art could be
Loves: My printers, alone time, ideas about the universe and existence, cold beaches, empty parking lots, pondering
Hates: The internet, planning ahead, parasites, feeling restricted when it comes to creating
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Bertie Garnett
Bertie Garnett, Break Point, 2023, acrylic on canvas
Garnett graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2023. Having completed his diploma in creative computing, Garnett is heavily influenced by digital processes and their relationship with traditional crafts. Garnett seeks to animate and symbolise aspects of digital culture, whilst interrogating its abnormalities. He currently lives and works in London.
Age: 24
Birthplace: Guildford, UK
Last dream you had: Apocalypse
Last thing you gossiped about: Artificial Intelligence
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @ofluxoplatform
Favourite movie: Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay
Favourite album: Devotion by Tirzah
Favourite artwork: UUmwelt (2019) by Pierre Huyghe
Favourite exhibition you’ve seen: Louise Giovanelli, ‘As if, Almost’ (2022) at White Cube Bermondsey
Loves: Blender, free will, mythology, Twin Peaks
Hates: Mouth breathing, slow walking, dust
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Sohyun Han
Sohyun Han, Untitled, 2022, wax, metal, guitar string, contact mics, thermo sensors on circuit board
Korean artist Sohyun Han graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2023. Han’s practice is rooted in her interest in the philosophy of modern physics and Buddhist beliefs. She explores the interconnectedness between the material and immaterial; the body and the spirit. Han incorporates sound in her work to symbolise being alive and a “demonstration of existence.”
Age: Prefer not to say
Birthplace: South Korea
Last dream you had: Observing a tree with silvery leaves on a hill
Last thing you gossiped about: Incompatibilism versus compatibilism
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @awe.curation, @curio_esoterica
Favourite movie: Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky
Favourite album: Dalmarnock Tapes by Cucina Povera
Favourite artwork: Tissues (2019) by Pan Daijing
Favourite exhibition you’ve seen: Anselm Kiefer, ‘Finnegans Wake’ (2023) at White Cube Bermondsey
Loves: Cats, sunny days, baths
Hates: Winter in England
