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Casey Carsel’s solo exhibition at Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Christchurch

Casey Carsel (Class of 2008) presents a solo exhibition I can’t shake the stranger out of you, which explores the complex composition of self and peoplehood in the Jewish diaspora.
Casey Carsel, detail of ‘What should I be hearing’, 2025
Casey Carsel, detail of ‘What should I be hearing’, 2025

Running until 12 October, the exhibition draws on the forms of quilting and Jewish papercutting traditions. The works reflect on collective and personal Jewish cultural histories of England and Aotearoa New Zealand, seeking to come to terms with the fullness of absence while finding space for repulsion in what is beautiful, and beauty in what repels.

Since graduating from St Margaret’s College, Casey has studied ceramics, poetry, and fibre at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. Casey is now pursuing a PhD in Art History at The Ohio State University. The exhibition at CoCA is one of several solo shows of their work held across the US and New Zealand.

Find out more: coca.org.nz/exhibitions/casey-carsel

 

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