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 -5-

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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 -7-

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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 -9-

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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 - 11 -

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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 - 13 -

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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 - 15 -

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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 - 17 -

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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 - 19 -

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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 - 21 -

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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 - 23 -

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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 - 25 -

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Merlin Carpenter POLICE Opening 19 APRIL, 7 - 9 PM Exhibition 19 APRIL - 26 MAY

varkensmarkt 4 rue du march 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 , 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 , 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 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, Zrich, 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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