Wall Watcher

Wandering through a distracted maze of carefully selected and barely repressed references that have been melded into a complex social camouflage; or at least they would appear to be if it were possible to get a clear head and a clarified take on things. Pursuing the same image over and over again, shrinking reference and cropping it tight. Things small and flat and repeated in a literal cut and paste reference. Hotels and taxidermy. The slightly embarrassing realisation that you have just pissed on your shoes is not as bad as someone else pissing on them. Masks, Trophies, food. Black clad non-fashion, coffins and coloured sheets of mirror.

It is arguable that there are moments within the cultural discourse of the recent past that have managed to evade clear-cut reassessment. Arch styling, self-involvement, decoration and the precious object, it is not clear where Paul Hosking sits in relation to these suppressed discussions, but we can certain that his work is caught in a frame of apparently contradictory reference points that ensure that an ongoing frame of nostalgia is continually undermined by something more contemporary.

Liam Gilick

Paul Hosking_WallWatcher (Magenta/Red)

Paul Hosking, Wall Watcher (Orange) detaill, 2019
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 100 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Burnout

Paul Hosking, Wall Watcher (Light Blue)
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 100 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Emergence Exhibition
Michael Fuchs Gallery
Berlin

Paul Hosking, Revolve (Orange), 2019
Engraved mirror on aluminium
120 x120 x 2 cm

Paul Hosking, Wall Watcher (Green), 2020
Engraved mirror on Powder coated Inlayed mirror on aluminium
240 x 140 x 2.5 cm

Wall watcher 2024

Paul Hosking, London, Revolve (Blue), 2019
Engraved mirror on aluminium
120 x120 x 2 cm

Paul Hosking, Dissemble (Orange), 2018
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 60 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Wall Watcher (Gold), 2017
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
240 x 130 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, London, Revolve (Red), 2019
Engraved mirror on aluminium
120 x120 x 2 cm

Paul Hosking, Dissemble (Red), 2020
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 100 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Re-Echo (Pink), 2020
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 100 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Wall Watcher (Black) 2017
Engraved mirror on Powder coated
122 x 80 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, Dissemble (Yellow), 2018
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
166 x 100 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, London, Revolve (Green), 2019
Engraved mirror on aluminium
120 x120 x 2 cm

Paul Hosking, Re-Echo (Silver), 2018
Engraved mirror on Powder coated aluminium
122 x 90 x 2.5 cm

Paul Hosking, London, Revolve (grey) Detail, 2019
Engraved mirror on aluminium
120 x120 x 2 cm