The Carlton Tavern, Kilburn was demolished in April of 2015 by it’s owner, without permission from the local council, or the knowledge of it’s Landlady. It was razed to make way for luxury flats, amid rising house prices, and rising tension.
‘The Carlton Tavern Golems’ are cobbled together from the remnants and rubble of the pub. They are Arcimboldo assemblages. Bricolage with bricks etched in zinc and lino. Bruised brutes with ornate coving shoulder blades, bar stool thighs and ashtray tits. Hovering menacingly above the gutted tavern or looming out of darkness. They stand to represent the dissent and the latent collective power of the pub’s patrons, as fantasy manifestations of supernatural resistance to social cleansing.
