Carl Hopgood

Carl Hopgood Welcome to the the Official Carl Hopgood Page! Featured in MirrorMirror The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art by Michael Petry. Thames & Hudson 2025

An exploration of the use of mirrors and reflective surfaces as a medium in global contemporary art.

Happy US Mothers Day Mum Love You xx
05/10/2026

Happy US Mothers Day Mum Love You xx

Going Forwards Seeing Backwards 1996 by Carl Hopgood Film stills in the collection of The Groucho Club, London. Taken fr...
05/04/2026

Going Forwards Seeing Backwards 1996 by Carl Hopgood Film stills in the collection of The Groucho Club, London. Taken from a 16mm reversal film using a wind up Bolex. The original projected work shows a film of a journey in central london in the 90s from Paddington to Buckingham Palace. Projected into the corner of a room with an actual wing mirror attached on a bracket creating 3 split screens from 1 16mm projector lens. and

04/30/2026

'Freedom From Fear' multi colored neon skeleton, wooden chair, life size. Hard to believe that Seven countries around the world still apply the death penalty against homosexuals. One of them in particular, Saudi Arabia, is a great friend of the U.S. The State Department, in its Background Note on Saudi Arabia, only briefly describes the human rights situation, and fails to mention discrimination against LGBTQ+ persons altogether.
At the UN Human Rights Council—of all places—the Nigerian ambassador in 2006 said, “The notion that executions for offenses such as homosexuality and lesbianism is excessive is judgmental rather than objective. What may be seen by some as disproportional penalty in such serious offenses and odious conduct may be seen by others as appropriate and just punishment.” This in reference to the death penalty that is imposed on homosexuals in parts of northern Nigeria.
While genocide under international law is limited to ethnic, racial, religious and national groups, this deliberate and systematic destruction of g**s is genocide in all but name. Just imagine for a second that we were talking about ethnicity, rather than sexual orientation.
Approximately another 75 countries criminalize same-sex relations, with punishments ranging from fines to many years imprisonment. In Jamaica, homosexuality is known as “the abominable crime of buggery” in the law and can lead to 10 years in prison. In Tanzania, life imprisonment can be imposed for homosexual acts. And in Belize, male homosexuality became a crime as recently as 2003.

Repost from •A person goes through life wanting to improve. There are many obstacles that one must overcome, and there a...
04/17/2026

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A person goes through life wanting to improve. There are many obstacles that one must overcome, and there are plenty of stories – through shared experiences – that can connect people.

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03/12/2026

Carl Hopgood Expands His Chair Therapy at Madsen Gallery
L.A.-based sculptor Carl Hopgood has returned to MADSEN GALLERY in Los Altos for a second solo exhibition, Empty Chairs and Manifestations of Love, consisting of his inventive neon installations and mixed-media immersive works. Here, ordinary chairs are stacked, shaped, and affixed with words that evoke affirmations or contemplative phrases, drawing on themes that Hopgood returns to frequently, from self-reflection to refuge to abandonment. "The sculptures are a development of 'Chair Therapy,' in which I combined found and vintage wooden chairs with neon lights shaped into positive words to provide hope, love, and support in times of so much uncertainty, divisiveness, and political divides. I knew i wanted to manifest love and togetherness," Hopgood says. "After all, love is so much stronger than hate." Hopgood is joined by C contributing editor David Nash and gallerist Amy Madsen for a panel discussion of his work and his inclusion in Michael Petry's Mirror Mirror (Thames and Hudson) on Wednesday, March 18, 6-8 p.m. 351 Main St., Los Altos, 650-714-4834; apmadsen.com. E.V.

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