The Radar: Garrett Davis, Bertie Garnett and Sohyun Han

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

Digital print by artist Garrett Davis for Plaster's new series, The Radar
Garrett Davis, A Meeting Taking Place Outside the Heliopause, 2023
Digital print by artist Garrett Davis
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

Bertie Garnett

Painting by artist Bertie Garnett for Plaster's new series, The Radar
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

Sohyun Han

Sculpture by artist Sohyun Han for Plaster's new series, The Radar
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

Information

Garrett Davis: @g2rettstudio

Bertie Garnett: @bertie.garnett

Sohyun Han: @sohyunhaan

Credits
Words:Izzy Bilkus

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