biography
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| (1965– )
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| biography:
| Avant-garde artist, born in Bristol, SW England, UK. He studied art at Goldsmith's College, London, produced several paintings and mixed-medium sculptures, then became known for his works which made use of parts or all of dead animals, preserved in formalin, such as ‘Mother and Child Divided’ - four tanks contained the severed halves of a cow and calf. Considerable controversy surrounded the show he organized in London for young artists in 1994, at which one of his works, ‘Away from the Flock’, consisting of a dead lamb suspended within a tank, became the focus of attention when another artist poured ink into the tank. At the centre of debate over the nature and role of art, he became an established figure after being awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. His 1996 exhibition, ‘No Sense of Absolute Corruption’ (New York City) contained several large paintings, as well as earlier works. |
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