Cole Denter, Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) with stage IV advanced Metastatic Melanoma, Oil on expensive European fabric, 35 × 30 cm, 2023
Titus McBeath, American Sniper, Multi-color Polyjet, Edition of 1 with 1 AP, 5.25 × 6 × 1 in, 2024
Corbin Shaw, Improving Non-Stop, Graphite pencil and aluminium, 40 × 50 cm, 2024
Titus McBeath, Smile, Chalk from the Thames, 12 × 15 × 9 cm, 2024
Cole Denter, Christopher Hitchens for Vanity Fair 2007 (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape), Oil on expensive European fabric, 45 × 45 cm, 2022
Corbin Shaw, Kite Mark One, Porcelain, 19 × 15 × 8 cm, 2024
Cole Denter, Type D Royal British Legion poppy cross wreath Anti-Imperial Monochrome, Spray paint on plastic, 89.3 × 15.5 cm, 2024
Corbin Shaw, Half Penny 1983, Leather and brass, 100 × 8.5 cm, 2024
Corbin Shaw, Andrew, Denim and resin, 38 × 28 × 9 cm, 2024
Titus McBeath, Paul Revere and the Chamber of Secrets, Multi-color Polyjet, Edition of 1 with 1 AP, 2.75 × 8.25 × 1 in, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024
October Surprise at Shipton, 2024

October
Surprise

Corbin Shaw, Cole Denter & Titus McBeath
2024

Shipton presents October Surprise, an exhibition bringing together index by Corbin Shaw, Cole Denter and Titus McBeath.

Taking its title from the political term referring to unexpected events staged shortly before an election, the exhibition reflects on the spectacle of political culture and its translation into contemporary visual language.

Across sculpture, painting and installation, the artists examine symbols of nationalism, propaganda, media spectacle and public identity. Objects and imagery drawn from British and American political culture are reframed through irony, distortion and material transformation.

The index situate political imagery within the gallery space as both artefact and critique, exploring how symbols circulate between propaganda, popular culture and contemporary art.