Biography
Kemp has for a number of years been working on a series of paintings called Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow. These monochrome canvases are inspired by a set of old family photographs of the remote area of Wales where he grew up. Kemp spends many hours carefully planning the assemblage of elements in each piece, a process of mentally cutting and pasting within and between photographs. The nostalgic effort to reanimate old images results in repetitions and occlusions, while the cinematic compositions create a sense of high unease. Kemp is also active as an independent curator. Tomas Harold, Curator of Liverpool Art Prize 2008
Gareth is also an independant curator and works as a self-employed Gallery Technician. His clients include; White Cube, Tate Liverpool, Royal Academy, Bluecoat Gallery, Ashmolean Gallery, Whitworth Gallery and Liverpool University.
