John Wood and Paul Harrison / Works

John Wood and Paul Harrison. 6 orange chairs, 2018. Chairs, oil paint. Exhibition view at Kestner Gesellschaft.Photo: Volker Crone, 2023 John Wood and Paul Harrison. 6 orange chairs, 2018. Chairs, oil paint. Exhibition view at Kestner Gesellschaft.Photo: Volker Crone, 2023
John Wood and Paul Harrison. 6 orange chairs, 2018 (detail). Chairs, oil paint. Exhibition view at Kestner Gesellschaft.Photo: Volker Crone, 2023 John Wood and Paul Harrison. 6 orange chairs, 2018 (detail). Chairs, oil paint. Exhibition view at Kestner Gesellschaft.Photo: Volker Crone, 2023
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Shirt, 2023. Enamel Paint on cotton shirts. 95 x 60 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Shirt, 2023. Enamel Paint on cotton shirts. 95 x 60 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Shirt (detail), 2023. Enamel Paint on cotton shirts. 95 x 60 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Shirt (detail), 2023. Enamel Paint on cotton shirts. 95 x 60 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Un-reserved, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Un-reserved, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, A painting in the shape of a painting, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, A painting in the shape of a painting, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Boring things on walls, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Boring things on walls, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, I betray my friends, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, I betray my friends, 2023. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Drip Bag Painting, 2023. Oil and Enamel Paint on Plywood. 61 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Drip Bag Painting, 2023. Oil and Enamel Paint on Plywood. 61 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Drip Bag Painting (detail), 2023. Oil and Enamel Paint on Plywood. 61 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Drip Bag Painting (detail), 2023. Oil and Enamel Paint on Plywood. 61 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Words on the front of a building, 2023. Installation view at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover 2023. Photo: Roland Schmidt John Wood and Paul Harrison, Words on the front of a building, 2023. Installation view at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover 2023. Photo: Roland Schmidt
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. Installation view: Neville Holt, 2023. John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. Installation view: Neville Holt, 2023.
John Wood and Paul Harrison, A, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, A, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Some thing to look at, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 61 x 91 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Some thing to look at, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 61 x 91 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Crap television, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 61 x 91 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Crap television, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 61 x 91 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Call this a painting, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Call this a painting, 2022. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, A painting made of thirty three letters, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, A painting made of thirty three letters, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. 10 aluminium signs, white vinyl text on green vinyl background. Frieze Sculpture 2022. The Regent’s Park, London. Photo: Luke Andrew Walker John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. 10 aluminium signs, white vinyl text on green vinyl background. Frieze Sculpture 2022. The Regent’s Park, London. Photo: Luke Andrew Walker
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. 10 aluminium signs, white vinyl text on green vinyl background. Frieze Sculpture 2022. The Regent’s Park, London. Photo: Luke Andrew Walker John Wood and Paul Harrison, 10 signs for a park, 2022. 10 aluminium signs, white vinyl text on green vinyl background. Frieze Sculpture 2022. The Regent’s Park, London. Photo: Luke Andrew Walker
Exhibition view: Everything is Black and White, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2021 Exhibition view: Everything is Black and White, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2021
Exhibition view: Everything is Black and White, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2021 Exhibition view: Everything is Black and White, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2021
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Wall, 2021. Neon. 11 x 35 cm. Ed. 3+2 AP John Wood and Paul Harrison, Wall, 2021. Neon. 11 x 35 cm. Ed. 3+2 AP
John Wood and Paul Harrison, White fire extinguisher, 2018. Fire extinguisher, oil paint. 60 x 20 x 20 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, White fire extinguisher, 2018. Fire extinguisher, oil paint. 60 x 20 x 20 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 3 paint trays, 2019. Paint trays, oil paint. 70 x 30 x 40 cm (each). Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, 3 paint trays, 2019. Paint trays, oil paint. 70 x 30 x 40 cm (each). Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 2 balls of string, 2015. Cotton string. ø 7 cm (each). Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, 2 balls of string, 2015. Cotton string. ø 7 cm (each). Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Sheep Entertainment, 2012. 102 cast toy sheep. Variable dimensions. Uniqu John Wood and Paul Harrison, Sheep Entertainment, 2012. 102 cast toy sheep. Variable dimensions. Uniqu
John Wood and Paul Harrison, This is a Projection (projector version), 2019. Slide projector, 35 mm slides. Variable dimensions. Ed. 3 + 2 AP John Wood and Paul Harrison, This is a Projection (projector version), 2019. Slide projector, 35 mm slides. Variable dimensions. Ed. 3 + 2 AP
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solutions (brackets), 2018. 10 shelf brackets. 36 x 5 x 3 cm. Ed. 10 + 2 John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solutions (brackets), 2018. 10 shelf brackets. 36 x 5 x 3 cm. Ed. 10 + 2
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solutions (shelf), 2019. Plywood with melamine, shelf brackets. 48 x 100 x 20 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solutions (shelf), 2019. Plywood with melamine, shelf brackets. 48 x 100 x 20 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Light/Switch, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 30,5 x 30,5 cm. Series of 10 unique pieces John Wood and Paul Harrison, Light/Switch, 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 30,5 x 30,5 cm. Series of 10 unique pieces
John Wood and Paul Harrison, ‘Building things’, Times Square Arts Midnight Moment Times Square, New York, January 2022 John Wood and Paul Harrison, ‘Building things’, Times Square Arts Midnight Moment Times Square, New York, January 2022
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Black and white war film #129, 2013. Permanent marker on paper. 25 x 34 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Black and white war film #129, 2013. Permanent marker on paper. 25 x 34 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Tilt Painting (9 degrees), 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Tilt Painting (9 degrees), 2021. Oil paint on plywood panel. 91 x 61 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Orange plastic chair, 2016. Permanent marker on paper. 100 × 70 cm John Wood and Paul Harrison, Orange plastic chair, 2016. Permanent marker on paper. 100 × 70 cm
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Broken Chair, 2016. HD / Single channel, tripod and projector. 15” John Wood and Paul Harrison, Broken Chair, 2016. HD / Single channel, tripod and projector. 15”
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Projected Screen, 2019. Slide projector and slides. Variable dimensions John Wood and Paul Harrison, Projected Screen, 2019. Slide projector and slides. Variable dimensions
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 90 Degree Drawing series, 2013. Permanent marker pen on paper. 4 x (100 x 100 cm) John Wood and Paul Harrison, 90 Degree Drawing series, 2013. Permanent marker pen on paper. 4 x (100 x 100 cm)
John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solution 2, 2014. Extension cable. 15 x 37 x 27 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, Storage solution 2, 2014. Extension cable. 15 x 37 x 27 cm. Unique
John Wood and Paul Harrison, A film about the city, 2015. Plywood and mixed media 10 tables. 10 x (100 x 200 x 120 cm). Exhibition view: Other plans, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2017 John Wood and Paul Harrison, A film about the city, 2015. Plywood and mixed media 10 tables. 10 x (100 x 200 x 120 cm). Exhibition view: Other plans, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2017
John Wood and Paul Harrison, A film about the city, 2015. Plywood and mixed media 10 tables. 10 x (100 x 200 x 120 cm) John Wood and Paul Harrison, A film about the city, 2015. Plywood and mixed media 10 tables. 10 x (100 x 200 x 120 cm)
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 2 dimensional drawing, 2016. Pencil on paper. 29.7 x 42 cm John Wood and Paul Harrison, 2 dimensional drawing, 2016. Pencil on paper. 29.7 x 42 cm
Exhibition view, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Love song, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2014 Exhibition view, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Love song, Vera Cortês Art Agency, 2014
John Wood and Paul Harrison, 13 assassinations, 2013. DV, single channel, 16:9, 7’ 00” John Wood and Paul Harrison, 13 assassinations, 2013. DV, single channel, 16:9, 7’ 00”
John Wood and Paul Harrison, England 1976, 2013. 1/35th scale tennis court (resin, wood, steel table legs, mixed materials). 80 x 100 x 60 cm. Unique John Wood and Paul Harrison, England 1976, 2013. 1/35th scale tennis court (resin, wood, steel table legs, mixed materials). 80 x 100 x 60 cm. Unique

Zoom 1 / 44 John Wood and Paul Harrison. 6 orange chairs, 2018. Chairs, oil paint. Exhibition view at Kestner Gesellschaft.Photo: Volker Crone, 2023

Exhibitions

Bio

John Wood (b.1969, Hong Kong) and Paul Harrison (b.1966, Wolverhampton) have been collaborating since 1991 and produced their first work Board in 1993. They explore how we interact with the world around us, highlighting the ordinary, the absurd and the accidental.

Wood and Harrison are fascinated by architecture and design and how we engage with our environment in unintended ways. They explore the human tendency to improvise or mess things up, arguably in a good way. Their works form a kind of reference manual for how to do, make, build, or draw things that you probably never want to do, make, build, or draw. They do it for you, even though you didn’t ask them to.

During the past 15 years there have been radical developments in their work, shifting from almost exclusively video work to a practice that incorporates multiple ways of examining themes first explored in their screen-based works. Now across video, sculpture, painting and drawing, they continue to demonstrate the triumphs and tribulations of living life and making art.

Recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Everything is Black and White’, Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon (2021); ‘Bored’, Gallery Cristin Tierney, New York (2021); ‘Words Made of Atoms’, Gallery von Bartha, S-chanf, Switzerland (2020); ‘As logical as possible’, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany (2017).

Recent group exhibitions include: ‘Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, Somerset House’, London (2021); ‘Fresh Window’, MUDAM, Luxemburg (2019); ‘On Struggling to remain present when you want to disappear’, OCAT Museum, Shanghai, China (2018); ‘[Re]construct’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2017).

Selected solo museum shows: CAMH, Houston, USA; Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Frist Centre, Nashville, USA; Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland; Chateau de Rochechouart, France; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

Selected group shows: ‘Art Now’, Lightbox, Tate Britain, London / ‘Slapstick’ Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany / ‘Private Utopia’ British Council Touring, Japan / ‘Super 8’, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / ‘Open Space’, ICC, Tokyo, Japan / ‘Mardin Bienali, Mardin, Turkey / ‘Made in Britain’, British Council Touring, China / ‘Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain’, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England / ‘You’ll never know’, Hayward Gallery Touring, UK / ‘New British Video’, MoMA, New York, USA / Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules – Somerset House, London / Do not disturb – Palais de Tokyo, Paris / OCAT Museum, Shanghai, China / Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK.

Selected screenings: MoMA, Queens, New York / MOCA, Los Angeles / Tate Modern, London / Centre Pompidou, Paris / Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden / De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands / National Theatre, London.

Selected collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York / Tate, London / Arts Council Collection / British Council Collection / Centre Pompidou Collection / FNAC, France / Government Art Collection / Kadist Foundation, Paris / Ludwig Collection.

John Wood (n.1969, Hong Kong) e Paul Harrison (n.1966, Wolverhampton) colaboram desde 1991 e produziram o seu primeiro trabalho, Board, em 1993. Exploram a forma como interagimos com o mundo que nos rodeia, destacando o vulgar, o absurdo e o acidental.

Wood e Harrison são fascinados pela arquitetura e pelo design e pela forma como nos relacionamos com o nosso ambiente de formas não intencionais. Exploram a tendência humana para improvisar ou estragar as coisas, sem dúvida no bom sentido. As suas obras formam uma espécie de manual de referência sobre como fazer, criar, construir ou desenhar coisas que provavelmente nunca quererá fazer, criar, construir ou desenhar. Fazem-no por si, mesmo que não lho tenha pedido.

Durante os últimos 15 anos, houve uma evolução radical no seu trabalho, passando de um trabalho quase exclusivamente em vídeo para uma prática que incorpora múltiplas formas de examinar temas inicialmente explorados nos seus trabalhos em ecrã. Agora, através do vídeo, da escultura, da pintura e do desenho, continuam a demonstrar os triunfos e as tribulações de viver a vida e fazer arte.

Entre as exposições individuais recentes destacam-se: ‘Everything is Black and White’, Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon (2021); ‘Bored’, Gallery Cristin Tierney, Nova Iorque (2021); ‘Words Made of Atoms’, Gallery von Bartha, S-chanf, Suíça (2020); ‘As logical as possible’, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Alemanha (2017).

Exposições coletivas recentes incluem: ‘Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, Somerset House’, Londres (2021); ‘Fresh Window’, MUDAM, Luxemburgo (2019); ‘On Struggling to remain present when you want to disappear’, OCAT Museum, Shanghai, China (2018); ‘[Re]construct’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2017).

Selecção de exposições individuais em museus: CAMH, Houston, EUA; Mori Museum, Tóquio, Japão; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Reino Unido; Frist Centre, Nashville, EUA; Kunstmuseum Thun, Suíça; Chateau de Rochechouart, França; Ludwig Museum, Budapeste, Hungria.

Exposições coletivas selecionadas: ‘Art Now’, Lightbox, Tate Britain, Londres / ‘Slapstick’ Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Alemanha / ‘Private Utopia’ British Council Touring, Japão / ‘Super 8’, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / ‘Open Space’, ICC, Tóquio, Japão / ‘Mardin Bienali, Mardin, Turquia / ‘Made in Britain’, British Council Touring, China / ‘Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain’, Whitechapel Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra / ‘You’ll never know’, Hayward Gallery Touring, Reino Unido / ‘New British Video’, MoMA, Nova Iorque, EUA / Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules – Somerset House, Londres / Do not disturb – Palais de Tokyo, Paris / OCAT Museum, Xangai, China / Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Reino Unido.

Projeções selecionadas: MoMA, Queens, Nova Iorque / MOCA, Los Angeles / Tate Modern, Londres / Centre Pompidou, Paris / Moderna Museet, Estocolmo, Suécia / De Appel, Amesterdão, Países Baixos / National Theatre, Londres.

Coleções selecionadas: Museum of Modern Art, Nova Iorque / Tate, Londres / Coleção do Arts Council / Coleção do British Council / Coleção do Centre Pompidou / FNAC, França / Coleção de Arte do Governo / Fundação Kadist, Paris / Coleção Ludwig.

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