Clive Barker (1940 − )
Highlights
Clive Barker was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. He studied at the local college of art and technology, and had his first solo exhibition in 1968 at Robert Fraser Gallery, London.
Barker left art school as it failed to meet his expectations, to work on the car production assembly line at Vauxhall Motors in Luton. In 1961 he moved to London and for a time acted as technical assistant to the artist, Richard Smith. From 1963 he began making sculptures. These were facsimiles of everyday objects, such as buckets or Coca Cola bottles cast in bronze and chrome-plated, employing techniques he was familiar with from Vauxhall Motors. These works and the two Zip prints in the British Council collection, printed at the Kelpra Studio in London, elevated the mundane to the almost heroic, and the humorous touches and the acceptance of the banal and the kitsch all contributed to the originality of Barker's work of the 1960s.
Further reading:
Clive Barker: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, Sheffield City Art Galleries 1981, introduction by George Melly
Glossary (3)
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Bronze
A metal alloy made from copper with up to two-thirds tin, often with other small amounts of other metals. Commonly used in casting. A work cast in bronze is sometimes referred to as 'a bronze'.
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Cast
To form material such as molten metal, liquid plaster or liquid plastic into a three-dimensional shape, by pouring into a mould. Also see Lost-wax casting.
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Sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.
Work Theme
Past exhibitions
AS IS A WHEN (A SELECTION)
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2009
- UK, Leeds, College Of Art And Design
AS IS WHEN (A SELECTION)
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2009
- UK, Leeds, College Of Art And Design
AS IS WHEN A BOOM IN BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1961-1972
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2007
- Ireland, Letterkenny, Glebe House and Gallery
- China, Chongqing, Tank Loft
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2006
- Taiwan, Taipei, Kundu Museum Of Fine Arts
- Taiwan, Taichung, National Taiwan Museum Of Fine Arts
- Poland, Krakow, Manggha Centre
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2005
- Lithuania, Kaunas, Modern Art Museum
- Lithuania, Siauliai, Dailes Galerija
- Portugal, Porto, Culturgest
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2004
- Italy, Rome, Istituzione Nazionale Per La Grafica
- Romania, Cluj, Biblioteca Judeteana Octavian Goga
- Romania, Timisoara, Faculty Of Fine Art
- Romania, Palace Of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Museum Of Art
- Romania, Constanta, Constanta Art Museum
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, Central Exhibition Hall
- Armenia, Yerevan, National Gallery
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2003
- Estonia, Tallinn, Museum Of Contemporary Art
AS IS WHEN (LUBECK ONLY)
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2003
- Germany, Lubeck, St Petri Kirche
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS 1961-1975
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1989
- Thailand, Chiangmai University Gallery
- Thailand, Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University Art Centre
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1988
- Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery
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1983
- Australia, Australia
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1978
- Germany, West Germany
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1976
- Colombia, Colombia
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, British Council Office - Buenos Aires
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1975
- Brazil, Brazil
CLIVE BARKER
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1981
- UK, Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery & Tour
11 ENGLISCHE ZEICHNER
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1973
- Belgium, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten
- Germany, Bremen, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Baden Baden, Kunsthalle
