Phyllida Barlow

Gillian Phyllida Barlow RA ( born April 4, 1944 in Newcastle -upon- Tyne ) is a British contemporary artist. She was Professor of Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.

Life and work

The London Phyllida Barlow is the daughter of Erasmus Darwin Barlow. In 1966 she married Fabian Peake, the son of the writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake.

She graduated from 1960 to 1963, the Chelsea School of Art and moved to London's Slade School of Art from 1963 to 1966.

Since the 1960s, Barlow created her extensive oeuvre, which consists predominantly of large-scale sculptures, but also paintings. Your vocabulary consists of everyday items such as signs, banners, and urban life Betonpöllern residues covering it with color and layers of material. These open signs cause a more dynamic space. From the study of everyday objects arise Barlow's works of art. Their works question the role of the sculptural object in contemporary culture in question. From the processing of everyday objects inspired the viewer to see the world through different eyes. Most of the works are destroyed after exposure. This emphasizes the present aspect.

Barlow was one of The London Group was founded in 1913.

Professor

From 1966 to 1967 Barlow taught at the Bristol School of Art Between 1967 and 1978 she worked at the Slade School of Fine Art in London as a professor. During her break from teaching at the Slade School from 1978 to 1983 she taught in Brigthon and Camberwell. She then returned as a professor at the Slade School.

Her pupils included Rachel Whiteread, Steven Pippin, Douglas Gordon, Spartacus Chetwynd, Bill Woodrow, Angela De la Cruz and Eva Rothschild.

Exhibitions

Aachen Art Prize 2012

The 10,000 € Aachen Art Prize was awarded Phyllida Barlow on May 13, 2012 by Chris Dercon, the director of London's Tate Modern in Aachen Ludwig Forum for International Art. The influence of their work on the international art scene led the jury to select the artist.

In this context, in 2012, their work was presented in a solo exhibition at the Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen.