Ian Davenport (1966 − )
Highlights
Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup, Kent. He studied at Northwich College of Art and Design and undertook postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1991 he was short listed for the Turner Prize. The artist has said that his work is an investigation of processes exploring the different properties of paint. Pieces are often conceived and made in large numbers and achieve their most powerful effect when displayed as a group, in an installation.
Glossary (2)
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Design
The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.
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Installation
An artwork comprised of many and various elements of miscellaneous materials (see mixed media), light and sound, which is conceived for and occupies an entire space, gallery or site. The viewer can often enter or walk around the installation. Installations may only exist as long as they are installed, but can be re-created in different sites. Installation art emerged in the 1960s out of Environmental Art (works of art which are three-dimensional environments), but it was not until the 1970s that the term came into common use and not until the late 1980s that artists started to specialise in this kind of work, creating a genre of ‘Installation Art’. The term can also be applied to the arrangement of selected art works in an exhibition.
Past exhibitions
THE FUTURE DEMANDS YOUR PARTICIPATION
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2010
- China, Shanghai, Minsheng Art Gallery
COLOUR - A LIFE OF ITS OWN
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2002
- Hungary, Budapest, Mucsarnok
UBS WARBURG EXHIBITION
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2001
- UK, London, Ubs Warburg At Planit Arches
NEW VOICES
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1997
- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Modern Art
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1996
- Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Musuem Of Fine Arts, The House Of The Black Madonna
- Greece, Thessaloniki, Cultural Centre For The National Bank
- Slovakia, Bratislava, Mirbachov Palace
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin Museum
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Russian Museum
- Greece, Thessaloniki, Cultural Centre For The National Bank
- Greece, Athens, Art Halls Of The Cultural Centre Of The Municipality Of Athens
- Romania, Bucharest, National Theatre Galleries
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1995
- Germany, Magdeburg, Kulturhistorisches Museum
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1994
- Spain, Jerez, Sala Pescaderia Vieja, Ayunamiento De Jerez
- Spain, Murcia, Veronicas Sala De Exposiciones
- Spain, Madrid, Centro Cultural Galileo
- Spain, Bilbao, Museo De Bellas Artes De Bilbao
- Spain, Barcelona, Centre De Art Santa Monica
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1993
- Turkey, Izmir, Izfas Gallery
- Turkey, Ankara, State Fine Arts Gallery
- Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Greater City Municipality Taksim Art Gallery
- Belgium, Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
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1992
- Belgium, Brussels, EEC Presidency Exhibition
- Belgium, Brussels, La Borschette
