Palmer Gallery presents its eighth exhibition ‘So Many Cares’ curated by Lucy Cowling and Andrew Price.

‘‘everything is runined
we’ re domed
nothing can save us
we’ re all going to die’

‘On one hand
Who cares
And in the
Other hand
So what’

‘Art is a way of survivel
Fashion sport
ther your’

T-shirts emblazoned with these slogans inspired this group exhibition’s title, so many cares. Taken from Shanzhai Lyric’s archive of poetry-garments, the fragmentary language speaks to conflicting emotions about the state of the world and our place within it. Living with cognitive dissonance is for many of us part of being alive in this alarming moment in history, and this exhibition addresses symptomatic feelings of confusion, responsibility, privilege, ambivalence and irony. Through a sparse poetry and an attentiveness to cultural discards of the global marketplace, the artworks in so many cares offer a deeper look into the dynamics of contemporary life, shaped by misguided notions of growth, accumulation and progress.