Clive Barker (1940 – )
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ZIP II 1965 Clive Barker (1940 – ) P1488 © The Artist, Courtesy the artist and Whitford Fine Art, London
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VAN GOGH FORGERY 1969 Clive Barker (1940 – ) P1673 © The Artist, Courtesy the artist and Whitford Fine Art, London
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STATUE OF LIBERTY 1972 Clive Barker (1940 – ) P1675 © The Artist, Courtesy the artist and Whitford Fine Art, London
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MAGRITTE 1968 Clive Barker (1940 – ) P1858 © The Artist, Courtesy the artist and Whitford Fine Art, London
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ZIP I 1965 Clive Barker (1940 – ) P1489 © The Artist, Courtesy the artist and Whitford Fine Art, London
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
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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.
- UK, Leeds, College Of Art And Design
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-when-a-boom-in-british-printmaking-1961-1972-2003">AS IS WHEN A BOOM IN BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1961-1972- Ireland, Letterkenny, Glebe House and Gallery
- China, Chongqing, Tank Loft
- Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- Poland, Krakow, Manggha Centre
- Lithuania, Kaunas, Modern Art Museum
- Lithuania, Siauliai, Dailes Galerija
- Portugal, Porto, Culturgest
- Italy, Rome, Istituzione Nazionale Per La Grafica
- Romania, Cluj, Biblioteca Judeteana Octavian Goga
- Romania, Timisoara, Faculty Of Fine Art
- Romania, Iasi, Palace Of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Museum Of Art
- Romania, Constanta, Constanta Art Museum
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, Central Exhibition Hall
- Armenia, Yerevan, Fine Arts Academy
- Estonia, Tallinn, Museum Of Contemporary Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-when-lubeck-only-2003">AS IS WHEN (LUBECK ONLY)- Germany, Lubeck, St Petri Kirche
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-drawings-1961-1975-1975">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS 1961-1975- Thailand, Chiangmai University Gallery
- Thailand, Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University Art Centre
- Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery
- Australia, Australia
- Serbia, Belgrade, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Greece, Athens, Athens
- Germany, West Germany
- Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Bellas Artes
- Mexico, Mexico City, Galeria Jose Clemente Orozio
- Colombia, Bogota, Museo De Arte Moderno
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Bienal
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/beauty-and-the-beast-1987">BEAUTY AND THE BEAST- Wales, Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/clive-barker-1981">CLIVE BARKER- UK, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Art Gallery And Museum
- UK, Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery And Museum
- UK, Stoke On Trent, Stoke On Trent Art Gallery And Museum
- UK, Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/11-englische-zeichner-1973">11 ENGLISCHE ZEICHNER- Belgium, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten
- Germany, Bremen, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Baden Baden, Kunsthalle