The cart before the horse

South Parade is pleased to present 'The Cart Before the Horse', James Fuller’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, continuing its long-standing commitment to his sculptural practice. Through fragile surfaces of copper, beeswax and textiles, Fuller sketches out curious technological visions, by mining the imagery and language of newly published patents. Extracted moments of incidental poetry permeate the works and provide alternative visibility on which to pin collective consciousness.

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Installation photo, 'The Cart Before the Horse', at South Parade.
James Fuller in his Studio (Athens), 2022. Image Courtesy of the Artist and South Parade.

James Fuller (b. 1988, UK) lives and works in Athens, Greece.

Working predominantly in sculpture Fuller’s practice pursues experimental processes that operate in the sensitive space between industrial and domestic settings. These include and are not limited to rotational moulding, electroplating and CNC laser cutting. He received an MA in Sculptu...

James Fuller (b. 1988, UK) lives and works in Athens, Greece.

Working predominantly in sculpture Fuller’s practice pursues experimental processes that operate in the sensitive space between industrial and domestic settings. These include and are not limited to rotational moulding, electroplating and CNC laser cutting. He received an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, UK in 2018.

Recently selected solo and duo presentations include 'slow soft shell', Artissima with Georgina Hill (Turin, IT, 2023), 'Sealed from the Inside', Art-O-Rama (Marseille, FR, 2022) and 'Perfect Living', South Parade (London, UK, 2021).

Recently selected group presentations include Channelling for Outset Studiomakers corridor commission at Frieze London, UK (2023), 'Beyond Fear' (curated by Un Processed Realities), Cultural Foundation of Tinos Island (Tinos, GR, 2023), 'Cloud & Toe' (curated by Jessie Hogan), 'Knulp' (Sydney, AUS, 2023), 'Portable Elastic Temple', Pet Projects (Athens, GR, 2023) and 'Material Poetics', South Parade at The Shop at Sadie Coles (London, UK, 2023) and Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer 2022 edition, UK.

In 2018, he was awarded the following awards: Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Prize, Tiffany’s x Outset Award, Gilbert Bayes Scholarship, Stapely Trust Educational Grant and Leathersellers’ Award.