 Local Discussion Screen, 2001-02, by Liam Gillick Liam Gillick (born 1964) is a British artist associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs). He was nominated for the Turner Prize. He works in various media, including video, computer animation and installation. Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists based in the United Kingdom, most (though not all) of whom attended Goldsmiths College in London. ...
The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ...
Life and work
Liam Gillick was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He studied at Hertfordshire College of Art and Goldsmiths College (1984–7). St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ...
Goldsmiths College (founded in 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name. ...
From 1997 he has taught at Columbia University.
In May 2000 he was guest professor at the Research Programme, CCA in Kitakyushi, Japan. During that time he created an installation in the studio communal area. This consisted of benches, low tables, bookshelves and Japanese lanterns. Following this, he was commissioned to make work for a new sculpture court outside the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain. This again was an installation including benches, tables, shelving units and lighting. The work was described as an amalgum of sculpture, design and architecture.[1] Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ...
He "appropriates the forms of corporate office architecture" and "investigates the semiotics of architecture in fictional yet non-narrative essays and books, installations, and objects" with references to earlier movements such as De Stijl in Holland and the geometrical forms of Piet Mondrian's paintings. An example of this is a piece in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Local Discussion Screen (2001-02). This measures 96 x 144 x 12" (243.8 x 365.8 x 30.5 cm.). It is made from aluminum and and red plexiglas. At a cursory inspection, it would appear to be an office screen or part of a commercial exhibition stand, and can only be understood in its intended (i.e. gallery) context, and on the basis that "It is difficult to separate Gillick’s artworks from his complex and on-going intellectual discourse about the interaction of social, moral, political, and ideological forces in the environment.[2] For the 2000 indie rock album by The White Stripes, see De Stijl (album). ...
Piet Mondrian in his studio in 1941 as photographed by Arnold Newman Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, (March 7, 1872–February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter and an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. ...
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art in the western New York Region. ...
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In May 2002, he had his first major solo show in London, The Wood Way, at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. This featured work made since the mid-1990s and in particular two series, The What if? Scenario and Discussion Island/Big Conference Centre... The title of the show refers to the German expression "Holzweg"— taking the "wood way" means taking the wrong turning and getting lost in the woods. The ground floor of the Whitechapel contained a specially constructed labyrith by Gillick, so "Walking through the exhibition may well feel like taking "The Wood Way" both literally and metaphorically."[3] The Whitechapel Gallery, founded 1901, was one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. ...
In 2002 he was a nominee for the Turner Prize. His display was a mostly empty environment, dominated by a ceiling of brightly-coloured plexiglass squares with light shining through them. The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ...
In 2003 he received a joint commission from London Underground Platform for Art programme and Frieze Art Fair to create a set of posters to be put in unused spaces at Great Portland Street tube station. These have strong single colours and text in simple typography, and were promoted by London Underground: The nickname Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ...
Great Portland Street tube station Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regents Park. ...
- The work makes use of transcripts of non-specific television advertising – placing the structure of one communication medium into another. The structure of the message overwhelms the product and we are left to reflect on the potential of narrative and presentation.[4]
Other projects he has undertaken include several books, and collaborations with architectural schemes, including the new airport terminal in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and an extension to Cambridge City Library, Harvard Square, Massachusetts.[4] Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,794 sq. ...
Chess players in Harvard Square in August of 2005 Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Boston Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq. ...
He lives and works in London and New York.
Shows Group exhibitions include Documenta X, Kassel (1997), and Intelligence: New British Art 2000 (Tate Triennial), Tate Britain (2000).
Solo shows include Hamburg Kunstverein (1998) and the Arnolfini, Bristol (2000). The Arnolfini from Peros Bridge. ...
See also Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists based in the United Kingdom, most (though not all) of whom attended Goldsmiths College in London. ...
British Art is the art of the island of Britain. ...
References - ^ Absolute arts Retrieved March 23, 2006
- ^ Abright-Knox Art Gallery Retrieved March 23, 2006
- ^ Whitechapel Art Gallery Retrieved March 23, 2006
- ^ a b "headache/phone card/soda/donuts/stereo" tfl.gov.uk. Accessed April 16, 2006
External links - Photos of Gillick's Turner Prize installation
- Gillick on the Tate website
- Exhibitions and images on artnet.com
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