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Liam Gillick BIOGRAPHY
Born 1964 Ayles, Buckinghamshire, England. Known for: Social, political theme colorful geometric aluminum sculpture, texts, art writing.
Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website, . Jan. 9, 2014. As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more... Read full biography
Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website, . Jan. 9, 2014. As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more cerebral than provocative. He's a postmodern artist who often takes up modernist techniques. And he's... Read full biography
Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website, . Jan. 9, 2014. As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more cerebral than provocative. He's a postmodern artist who often takes up modernist techniques. And he's the rare contemporary artist who really cares about getting his work beyond the white cube of the gallery into the outside world. The tensions within Gillick's art require that gallery-goers engage... Read full biography
Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website, . Jan. 9, 2014. As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more cerebral than provocative. He's a postmodern artist who often takes up modernist techniques. And he's the rare contemporary artist who really cares about getting his work beyond the white cube of the gallery into the outside world. The tensions within Gillick's art require that gallery-goers engage deeply with the work, and critics have underlined that by retrospectively placing the artist under the rubric of relational aesthetics, the loosely defined movement that foregrounds the participatory viewing experience. Despite these demands—or... Read full biography
Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website, . Jan. 9, 2014. As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more cerebral than provocative. He's a postmodern artist who often takes up modernist techniques. And he's the rare contemporary artist who really cares about getting his work beyond the white cube of the gallery into the outside world. The tensions within Gillick's art require that gallery-goers engage deeply with the work, and critics have underlined that by retrospectively placing the artist under the rubric of relational aesthetics, the loosely defined movement that foregrounds the participatory viewing experience. Despite these demands—or because of them—Gillick's work also can be especially rewarding. His colorful Plexiglas structures are often beautiful, and his wr... Read full biography
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Liam Gillick on His Uncompromisingly Intellectual Art, by Alex Greenberger, Artspace website,
Jan. 9, 2014
As contemporary artists go, Liam Gillick is an outlier. He's the YBA whose work is more cerebral than provocative. He's a postmodern artist who often takes up modernist techniques. And he's the rare contemporary artist who really cares about getting his work beyond the white cube of the gallery into the outside world.
The tensions within Gillick's art require that gallery-goers engage deeply with the work, and critics have underlined that by retrospectively placing the artist under the rubric of relational aesthetics, the loosely defined movement that foregrounds the participatory viewing experience. Despi...But wait, there's more...
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