Discord & Harmony brings together a group of contemporary artists who share Beryl Cook’s (1926 – 2008) radically generous approach to representing everyday life. Simultaneously considered one of Britain’s most loved artists while never being fully accepted by the establishment, Cook lived and worked in Plymouth and was celebrated as a chronicler of the every day.

Presented concurrently with The Box’s centenary survey exhibition, Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy, KARST’s Discord & Harmony highlights artists who, like Cook, champion community, individuality, and moments of joy among people too often overlooked by canonical art history. Despite many of the works on show demonstrating a stylistic departure from Cook’s paintings, they are united by her legacy of open-mindedness, humour and irreverence. Through a range of media including painting, sculpture and video, the featured artists reflect on themes such as working-class identity, body-positivity and queer visibility. In these ways, the artists echo Cook’s insistence that ordinary life is worthy of serious – and celebratory – attention.

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