Paul Yore Explained

Paul Yore
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Known For:Contemporary art
Training:Monash University, Melbourne
Movement:Textile arts, installation art, queer art

Paul Yore (born) is an Australian contemporary artist. He works with a variety of media including tapestry, banners, quilted hangings, and large-scale installations of mixed media, and his work covers political, religious and LGBT themes.

Early life and education

Yore was born around 1988,[1] and raised in a Catholic household. His father was a Franciscan priest,[2] who worked as a missionary in Papua New Guinea, where he met Yore's mother.

Yore studied archaeology and anthropology and painting as part of a fine arts degree at Monash University, graduating in 2010.[3]

Art practice

Yore works with a variety of media including tapestry, banners, quilted hangings, and large-scale installations of mixed media, with frequent use of found and discarded materials. His work covers political, religious and LGBT themes.[4]

He sometimes uses trash in his artworks, creating a kind of "kitsch queerness", "bad taste aesthetic", to challenge people's perceptions, and to examine excess consumption in society. He also uses humour to engage viewers with serious ideas, saying:[1]

he is based in Gunaikurnai country in Gippsland, Victoria.[5]

Career

Yore's first large solo show was held in 2009 at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne.[6]

He began his work with needlepoint in the United Kingdom in 2010, while recovering from a mental health crisis. The repetitive activity of embroidery helped him to recover from the effects of being detained and medicated against his will. Yore says:[2]

A 15-year survey exhibition of his works, titled WORD MADE FLESH, was held at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art from September to November 2022. The exhibition was curated and designed in collaboration between Paul Yore, Devon Ackerman (Yore's partner) and Max Delaney, the artistic director of the ACCA.[7]

Reception

Yore has been described as one of Australia’s most provoking artists.[4]

In June 2013, police cut seven images of children's faces from one of Yore's works entitled Everything is Fucked, that was on display at an exhibition at the Linden Centre for Contemporary Art in St Kilda. Yore was charged with producing and possessing child pornography, in relation to the collage that included images of children’s faces pasted onto images of adults engaging in sex acts.[1] During the period he was facing these charges, some of his other works were selected for the Primavera exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney. In 2014, the charges were dismissed, and the prosecution was required to pay Yore's legal costs.[8] [9] [1]

In September 2013, one of Yore's installations was withdrawn from the 2013 Sydney Contemporary art fair on the grounds that it would have been in breach of criminal law in New South Wales.[10] [11]

In 2019, a piece by Yore entitled Taste The Feeling 2018 was taken down from an exhibition at the Mostyn gallery in Llandudno, following a complaint to the police that it breached hate crime laws.[12]

Selected exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heath . Nicola . Australian artist Paul Yore speaks about censorship in art, queer culture and Catholic kitsch as ACCA exhibition surveys his career . ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 November 2022 . 6 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221218200742/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-06/paul-yore-word-made-flesh-exhibition-acca-australian-artist/101610312. 18 December 2022. live. In June 2013, police armed with Stanley knives raided Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts... Police charged Yore, 25 at the time....
  2. Web site: Stephens . Andrew . 2022-09-22 . Shaped by breakdown and a brush with police, Paul Yore takes aim at modern life . 2022-10-22 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022024155/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/shaped-by-breakdown-and-a-brush-with-police-paul-yore-takes-aim-at-modern-life-20220916-p5binh.html . live .
  3. Web site: Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH . 22 October 2022 . Australian Centre for Contemporary Art . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022024155/https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/paul-yore-word-made-flesh/ . live .
  4. Web site: Lei . Celina . 2022-09-21 . Paul Yore: Battling controversy with love and labour . 2022-10-22 . ArtsHub Australia . en-AU . subscription . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022035216/https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/paul-yore-battling-controversy-with-love-and-labour-2580808/ . live .
  5. Web site: Paul Yore WORD MADE FLESH. Australian Arts Review. 24 September 2022. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022043714/https://artsreview.com.au/paul-yore-word-made-flesh/. live.
  6. Artist Paul Yore. Helen. Hughes. The Saturday Paper. 10-16 September 2022. 22 October 2022. subscription. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022033754/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visual-art/2022/09/10/artist-paul-yore#hrd. live.
  7. Web site: Paul Yore: the uncompromising Australian artist riotously tackling queer culture, corporate greed and hyperconsumption. The Conversation. 6 October 2022. Julie. Shiels. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022044437/https://theconversation.com/paul-yore-the-uncompromising-australian-artist-riotously-tackling-queer-culture-corporate-greed-and-hyperconsumption-191427. live.
  8. News: Cooper . Mark Russell, Adam . 2014-10-01 . Child pornography charges against artist Paul Yore dismissed . 2022-10-22 . . en . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022033123/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/child-pornography-charges-against-artist-paul-yore-dismissed-20141001-10ohd2.html . live .
  9. News: 1 October 2014 . Melbourne artist accused of child pornography has charges dismissed . 2022-10-22 . The Guardian . en . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022030445/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/01/melbourne-artist-accused-of-child-pornography-has-charges-dismissed . live .
  10. News: Sydney art fair removes Paul Yore work. The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 2013. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022065803/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/sydney-art-fair-removes-paul-yore-work-20130919-2u2ap.html. live.
  11. News: Taylor . Andrew . 28 May 2014 . Artist facing child pornography charges selected for MCA exhibition . 2022-10-22 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en . 22 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022033124/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-facing-child-pornography-charges-selected-for-mca-exhibition-20140528-zrqtz.html . live .
  12. Web site: Bagnall . Steve . Crump . Eryl . 2019-07-20 . Gay artist 'devastated' as his art removed from gallery amid 'homophobia' probe . 2022-10-22 . North Wales Live . en . 20 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720161148/https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/gay-artist-devastated-artwork-censored-16619177 . live .
  13. Web site: Paul Yore. NETS Victoria. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041935/https://netsvictoria.org.au/artist/paul-yore/. live.
  14. Web site: Soft Core. TimeOut. 18 October 2016. Dee. Jefferson. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041945/https://www.timeout.com/sydney/art/soft-core. live.
  15. Web site: The Public Body .01. Art Guide Australia. 2 December 2016. Tracy. Clement. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041935/https://artguide.com.au/the-public-body-01/. live.
  16. News: At NADA Art Fair, Paul Yore's Shocking Tapestries Dare You to Look Away. Miami New Times. 4 December 2016. Minhae Shim. Roth. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022042946/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/at-nada-art-fair-paul-yores-shocking-tapestries-dare-you-to-look-away-8968051. live.
  17. Web site: Paul Yore at Neon Parc, NADA Miami Beach 2016. Ocula. 30 November 2016. Amelia. Winata. 22 October 2022. 22 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041945/https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/paul-yore-at-neon-parc/. live.

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