Presentation of the exhibition
Vue d’exposition / exhibition view Kate Newby: Try doing anything without it, 2022. Art : Concept, Paris. Courtesy de l’artiste et Art : Concept, Paris. 
GET OFF THE SHED, 2022. Bronze. 19,5 x 54 x 0,4 cm (7 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 1/8 in) Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
How Can the Worst Site Become the Best Garden, 2022. Bronze. 19,5 x 54 x 0,4 cm (7 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 1/8 in) Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
5 minutes to everywhere, 2022. Bronze. 19,5 x 54 x 0,4 cm (7 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 1/8 in) Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Close is good, 2022. Verre / Glass. 201 x 94 cm (79 1/8 x 37 in). Produit aux / Produced at Ateliers Loire, Chartres. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Close is good, 2022. Verre / Glass. 201 x 94 cm (79 1/8 x 37 in). Produit aux / Produced at Ateliers Loire, Chartres. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Vue de l’exposition / Installation view, Kate Newby: Try doing anything without it, 2022, Art : Concept, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Vue de l’exposition / Installation view, Kate Newby: Try doing anything without it, 2022, Art : Concept, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Vue de l’exposition / Installation view, Kate Newby: Try doing anything without it, 2022, Art : Concept, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Try doing anything without it, 2022. Briques, pièces de monnaie, verre trouvé (Paris, Texas) / Bricks, coins, found glass (Paris, Texas). 324 x 397 cm. Produit aux / Produced at Rairies Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Try doing anything without it, 2022. Briques, pièces de monnaie, verre trouvé (Paris, Texas) / Bricks, coins, found glass (Paris, Texas). 324 x 397 cm. Produit aux / Produced at Rairies Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Try doing anything without it, 2022. Briques, pièces de monnaie, verre trouvé (Paris, Texas) / Bricks, coins, found glass (Paris, Texas). 324 x 397 cm. Produit aux / Produced at Rairies Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Try doing anything without it, 2022. Briques, pièces de monnaie, verre trouvé (Paris, Texas) / Bricks, coins, found glass (Paris, Texas). 324 x 397 cm. Produit aux / Produced at Rairies Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Thank you for taking us along (à gauche/left), Her expression… (à droite/right), 2022. Briques, mortier / Bricks, mortar. 324 x 10 x 11 cm (127 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 4 3/8 in). Produit aux / Produced at Rairies-Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Thank you for taking us along (à gauche/left), Her expression… (à droite/right), 2022. Briques, mortier / Bricks, mortar. 324 x 10 x 11 cm (127 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 4 3/8 in). Produit aux / Produced at Rairies-Montrieux. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Vue de l’exposition / Installation view, Kate Newby: Try doing anything without it, 2022, Art : Concept, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Walking with a lot of people, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, verre, ficelle de fouet, corde de laine, fil de fer, jute, ruban, fil, or, bronze / Limoges porcelain, glass, whipping twine, woolen rope, wire, Jute, ribbon, thread, gold, bronze. Dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
Still sounds as good as it did back then, 2022. Argent rose, argent, bronze, grès, porcelaine, émail / Pink silver, silver, bronze, stoneware, porcelain, glaze (7 pc), dimensions variables Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
amazing all times of year, 2022. Laiton blanc, argent, verre trouvé (Auckland), grès, glaçure / White brass, silver, found glass (Auckland), stoneware, glaze (6 pc), dimensions variables. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
We need more of that, 2022. Laiton, bronze, grès, émail / Brass, bronze, stoneware, glaze (9 pc), dimensions variables Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur 
i send you strenght and love, 2022. Porcelaine de Limoges, porcelaine, émail, argent / Limoges porcelain, porcelain, glaze, silver (7 pc), dimensions variables Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris. Photo Nicolas Brasseur
Art : Concept is pleased to present Try doing anything without it, the first solo exhibition of Kate Newby at the gallery.
“Kate Newby (b. Aotearoa New Zealand in 1979, lives and works in Texas) often speaks of her work from the standpoint of “care.” Her work invokes kinship, communion, and the safe keeping of commonplace objects and the physical phenomena that shape them. Using methods and production schedules that condition the work in its becoming, she asks what is possible in a material’s life cycle, and the varied unknowns in its manufacture.”
“For Try doing anything without it, the artist has created work made locally in France and tailored to the specific architecture of the gallery […]. What unites these works is the act of letting materials perform, without too much control over their own agency. By directing our attention to changing aspects in the larger social fabric, Newby asks for attunement, particularly to the often overlooked smaller details, rhythms, and scales in life.”
Extract of the press release, by Jennifer Teets, Paris, April, 2022