Carey Young
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Carey Young (born 1970) is an artist.
Born in Lusaka in Zambia, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. Much of her work as an artist is related to her previous work for a leftist thinktank and as a management consultant. In Nothing Ventured, she had visitors to a gallery ring a call centre, where the people manning the phones gave the caller a range of generic information (Young's name, a list of previous exhibitions, influences and so on).
In 2003, Young was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize. One of the works in her contribution to the show, entitled Non-Disclosure Agreement was represented in the show by a non-disclosure agreement contract signed by a representative of Beck's, which agrees that the piece will not be shown, creating a parallel with privatised corporate art collection, whose works are also often removed from public gaze whilst used to further the brand worth of the corporation.
External links
- Artist's web site (http://www.careyyoung.com/)