I’ve always been interested in art. What is art? What isn’t art? Why some things are and some things aren’t? Who makes the rules and who follows them? Are the rules of art part of the art? Are they unsaid rules? Why can’t artists approach galleries? What’s stopping them? What allows an artist to emerge? What is credibility? And if you don’t have it, how do you get it? How many people need to say that you’re credible to be credible? Can you just make it up? Can you borrow credibility from someone else? Is art the idea or the image? Can you really understand an image without understanding the idea? Why do people look at the description of the art on the wall? Does the explanation imbue some sort of meaning? If so, do you even need the image at all?

These are the things I’ve been interested in ever since my time at Goldsmiths School of Art immersed in all things conceptual.

Paulo Mankini

A Conceptual Artist

Solo Exhibitions

2010 | #Thisisart #Thisisnotart | Across London

2012 | Emperor’s New Clothes | London

2013 | Trust / Distrust | London

2014 | Redaction | London

2016 | The Art of Credibility| London

2017 | Take your time| London