Selected Press Coverage
Carey Young: Appearance, by William Corwin, The Brooklyn Rail, Feb 2024
Carey Young’s Reflections on the Trappings of Power, by Martha Buskirk, Hyperallergic, Jan 2024
Carey Young: Appearance, by Toby Kamps, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2023
Carey Young: Making Space, by Will Jennings, Recessed Space, June 2023
Frieze: Five Best UK Shows to See in the UK, May 26 2023
Carey Young Takes a Portrait of Female Power, by Cathy Wade, Frieze, May 2023
Carey Young, Interview of the Month, by Paul Carey-Kent, Artlyst, April 2023
Carey Young Appearance review: the faces of female justice, Laura Cumming, The Observer (Guardian), Mar 26 2023
London Review of Books: At the Towner: Brian Dillon reviews Palais de Justice, April 4 2019
Art Monthly: Lawwoman: Maria Walsh interviews Carey Young, March 2019 (PDF, 3MB)
Photomonitor: Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Carey-Kent, Paul, March 2019
Carey Young: The Peeping Tom (interview with the artist), Musee Magazine, issue 19 (Power), Spring 2018
Osmos: Kirkwood, Jeffrey, Winter 2018, issue 14 (PDF, 3MB)
Artforum: Fateman, Johanna, Nov 2017
Garage magazine / Vice magazine: Kastner, Jeffrey, Oct 2017
New York Times: Farago, Jason, Critic's Pick, Sept 20 2017
Mousse: Interview with Carey Young by Francesco Tenaglia, Sept 2017
Manual: 'Declared Void', Jared A. Goldstein, Fall 2017
Artforum.com: Bourbon, Matthew, 'Carey Young, The New Architecture', Critic's Pick, Feb 2017
Elephant Magazine: Shore, Robert, and Young, Carey, 'Friendly, Honest, Straightforward: Meditations on Power.' Feb 2017
L Quotidien de 'L'Art: Dirie, Clement: 23 July, 2013
Art Press: Ardenne, Paul, issue 404, 2013
Mousse: 'Legal Fictions at Migros Museum', Sept 2013
Art Monthly: Townsend, Christopher. 'Carey Young: Memento Park', Art Monthly, Feb 2011 (PDF, 1.4MB)
Mousse magazine: 'Carey Young and Jill Magid: The Color of Law', Mousse magazine, Summer 2011
Art in America: Williams, Tom, 'Carey Young', Art in America, January 2011 (PDF, 1.3MB)
Artforum: Bryan- Wilson, Julia. 'Inside Job: Julia Bryan-Wilson on the art of Carey Young,' Artforum, October 2010 (PDF, 6.5MB)
Kunstforum International: 'Carey Young, interview' Art and Economy issue, Vol 200, 2010
'Flash Art:, 'Interview with Carey Young', Fried, Laura, Flash Art, Jan-Feb 2010 (PDF, 1.1MB)
Artforum: Amado, Miguel, 'Carey Young', Summer 2009 (PDF, 2.4MB)
Artforum.com: Katz, Miriam and Young, Carey, 'Carey Young: 500 words', Artforum.com, May 5 2009 (PDF, 51KB)
Art Papers: 'Carey Young' by Natalie Bell, first published in Art Papers, March/April 2008
Modern Painters: Banai, Nuit, 'Carey Young: Paula Cooper', March 2008 (PDF, 224KB)
'Carey Young: Business as Usual' John Kelsey, essay, first published in Artext, 2002
'Trading Places', Barnaby Drabble, first published in Flash Art International, 2001
Texts by the Artist
Virtual Studio Visits: Four London-based artists discuss the rise of the online studio visit, by Alice Channer, Anne Hardy, Karin Ruggaber and Carey Young, Art Monthly, Feb 2022
Open Justice, Law and Humanities, 2018
2017: The Year According to Carey Young, Walker Reader, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Justice Must be Seen to be Done, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2016
Law as Art, Mousse Magazine, December 2013
Unfinished Business: Notes Towards an Artist Statement, Social Text, 11 Vol 31, No. 2, Summer 2013 (special issue on 'Genres of Neoliberalism')
on Cildo Meireles, Tate magazine, issue 14, 2008
I am for an Art... (after Claes Oldenburg), artist's statement produced for conference
The Legal Strength of Silence, European Lawyer magazine, February 2005
Product Line Cabinet magazine, Issue 10, Spring 2003
Notes from the Inside, artist's statement produced for Beck's Futures catalogue, 2003
Geography as Destiny: an Analysis of 'City of Bits' by William J. Mitchell, Mute magazine, Winter 1997 (Vol 1. No. 7)
Published Programme & Catalogue Texts
‘The Spectre of the People: Populism and Photographic Culture’, Stallabrass, Julian, in catalogue for the Thessaloniki Photobiennale, 2023.
‘The Vision Machine’, Han, Ji-Yoon, in ‘Masquerades: Drawn to Metamorphosis’, MOMENTA Biennale catalogue, 2023
‘Extra (Speech) Power: Work Strategies in the Art of Carey Young’, Gygax, Raphael, in ‘Carey Young: Subject to Contract’, JRP Ringier, Zurich, 2013
'In Conversation: Carey Young and Joseph Redwood-Martinez', published text, SALT, Istanbul, 2012
'Carey Young', Bellavia, Salvatore, catalogue text for GAM, Torino, 2010
'Consideration: Defne Ayas interviews Carey Young', Performa05 published text, 2006
'Lines Made by Walking', Louise Menzies, catalogue text, 2006
'Temporary Peace Zone', Inka Gressel interviews Carey Young, catalogue text for Badischer Kunstverein, 2006
'Revolution: It's a Lovely Word Raimundas Malasauskas interviews Carey Young', Trafo Gallery programme text, 2005
'Works both Ways: Carey Young's Sputnik Project for the Kunstverein München', Kunstverein München programme text, Mark Godfrey, 2004
'Disclaimer, Jon Wood interviews Carey Young', Henry Moore Institute programme text, 2004
'Lines Made by Walking', Sinisa Mitrovic, British Council catalogue text, 2003
'All Inside', Maria Lind, Kunstverein München programme text, 2002
'Adventures in Capitalism', John Kelsey, catalogue essay, 2001
'The Avant Garde, Again', Alex Farquharson, catalogue essay, 2001
'Carey Young: Nothing Ventured' John Slyce, catalogue essay, 2001
Press Releases: Solo Shows & Events
Carey Young: Appearance, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2024
Carey Young: Appearance, Modern Art Oxford, 2023
Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2017
The New Architecture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2017
Legal Fictions, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 2013
Let the World Speak for Itself, Le Quartier, Quimper, 2013
Memento Park, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2010
Contracting Universe, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2010
Speech Acts, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, 2009
Carey Young: Counter Offer, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2009
Mutual Release, Thomas Dane Project Space, London, 2008
If/Then Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2007
Speechcraft, (performance) Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, 2007
Consideration, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, 2007
Consideration, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York 2005
Disclaimer, IBID Projects, London 2005
Disclaimer, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2004
Carey Young, Index, Stockholm, 2004
Press Releases: Group Shows & Events
The Conquest of Space, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, 2022
Playing Hide and Law, Tranzit/sk, Bratislava, 2017 (curated by Avi Feldman)
Reprise, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2010
Permanent Mimesis, GAM - Galeria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Turin, 2010
Corporate Everything, Fri Art, Fribourg, 2010
Atopia: Art and the City in the 21st Century, Centra de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, 2010
Business as Usual, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, 2008
No, future, Bloomberg Space, London, 2007
From 60 to 7: The Politics of the 'Private', Henie Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, 2007
British Art Show 6, BALTIC, Newcastle & tour, 2005
Democracies, Tirana Biennale, 2005
Critical Societies: Art, Criticism and the Promises of Capitalism, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2005
Making Things Public , ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2005
What Business are You in? Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art, Atlanta, 2005
Trade Show, Mass MOCA, North Adam, 2005
Nothingness, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, 2004
Cycle Tracks Will Abound In Utopia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2004
I Am Not A Feminist. I am Normal, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, 2004
Philippe Parreno / Carey Young, Kunstverein München, 2004
A Short History of Performance - Part II, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2003
Becks Futures - talk, ICA, London, 2003
Exchange and Transform (Arbeitstitel), Kunstverein München, 2002
May Day, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1999
Downloadable Publications
Tate Film: Carey Young and Jill Magid. Screening notes for Tate Britain artist talk by Carey Young and Jill Magid, 9 Feb 2015. (PDF format, 512KB)
Let the World Speak for Itself / Laisser Le Monde Parler de lui-même. Le Quartier, Quimper, 2013. Exhibition handout. Text by Keren Detton, exhibition curator (PDF format, 326KB)
An Incomplete Reader for the Ongoing Project, 'One Day Everything Will be Free' SALT, Istanbul, 2012. Interviews with Carey Young, Annika Eriksson, Katya Sander, David Graeber and others. (PDF format, 11.5 MB)
Trade Show Mass MOCA, North Adam, 2005. Essays by Martha Buskirk, Mario Carpo, Mary Jo Diehl, Mark Taylor and Rebecca Uchill. (PDF format,1.9 MB)
Artist Talks (video documentation)
Artist interview, Paula Cooper Gallery Instagram reel, 2024
Artist's talk, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010
Lectures and Academic Papers about Young’s works
‘Women, Work and Power: Carey Young’s recent videos’, by Dr. Catherine Grant, The Courtauld Institute. Delivered at “Carey Young: Vision and Justice” symposium, Modern Art Oxford, Friday 19th May 2023