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Born 1949 Bangor, Wales. Known for: Abstract sculpture installations, architecture.
Richard Deacon is best known for his large-scale, fabricated sculptures. His wood and steel constructions are organic in form and have been compared to human anatomy. Born in Bangor, Wales, in 1949,... Read full biography
Richard Deacon is best known for his large-scale, fabricated sculptures. His wood and steel constructions are organic in form and have been compared to human anatomy. Born in Bangor, Wales, in 1949, Deacon attended the Somerset College if Art in Taunton in 1968. He went on to study at the St.... Read full biography
Richard Deacon is best known for his large-scale, fabricated sculptures. His wood and steel constructions are organic in form and have been compared to human anatomy. Born in Bangor, Wales, in 1949, Deacon attended the Somerset College if Art in Taunton in 1968. He went on to study at the St. Martins School of Art in London (1970-1973) and the Royal College of Art, where he received a Masters degree in Environmental Media in 1977. He formed his artistic style and vision during his academic... Read full biography
Richard Deacon is best known for his large-scale, fabricated sculptures. His wood and steel constructions are organic in form and have been compared to human anatomy. Born in Bangor, Wales, in 1949, Deacon attended the Somerset College if Art in Taunton in 1968. He went on to study at the St. Martins School of Art in London (1970-1973) and the Royal College of Art, where he received a Masters degree in Environmental Media in 1977. He formed his artistic style and vision during his academic years and by the time he entered graduate school he had begun to focus on architectural fabrication. By the 1980s Deacon was working on a series of sculptures of laminated wood and sheet metal. The structures were formed from basic, raw materials bent... Read full biography
Richard Deacon is best known for his large-scale, fabricated sculptures. His wood and steel constructions are organic in form and have been compared to human anatomy. Born in Bangor, Wales, in 1949, Deacon attended the Somerset College if Art in Taunton in 1968. He went on to study at the St. Martins School of Art in London (1970-1973) and the Royal College of Art, where he received a Masters degree in Environmental Media in 1977. He formed his artistic style and vision during his academic years and by the time he entered graduate school he had begun to focus on architectural fabrication. By the 1980s Deacon was working on a series of sculptures of laminated wood and sheet metal. The structures were formed from basic, raw materials bent and manipulated by Deacon into abstract forms. He continued to experiment with materials such as vinyl and plasti... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesSculpture/Toronto: An Illustrated Guide to Toronto's Historic and Contemporary Sculpture with Area Maps
1994Ardiel, June147 pagesContemporary Art 1965-1990
1992Kurtz, Bruce D256 pages (color)Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pages