John Stezaker
| John Stezaker | |
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| Born | 1949 Worcester (England, UK) |
| Nationality | British |
| Field | Conceptual art |
| Training | Slade School of Art (London) |
John Stezaker (b. 1949, in Worcester), is an English conceptual artist.
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[edit] Overview
John Stezaker attended the Slade School of Art in London in the 1960s.[1] In the early 1970s, he was among the first wave of British conceptual artists to react against what was then the predominance of Pop art.[2]
Solo exhibitions have been rare, however, in the mid-2000s, Stezaker's work was rediscovered by the art market;[2] he is now collected by several international collectors and museums.[2]
His work is surreal in tone and is often made using collage and the appropriation of pre-existing images such as postcards, film stills, and publicity photographs.[2] Art historian Julian Stallabrass said, "The contrast at the heart of these works [by Stezaker] is not between represented and real, but between the unknowing primitives of popular culture, and the conscious, ironic artist and viewer of post-modern images."[3] One work included in an exhibition at Salama-Caro Gallery, London, in 1991, depicted an image of a punch clock together with the caption "Why Spend Time On An Exhibition Like This?"[4] Colin Gleadell wrote in The Daily Telegraph in 2007 that Stezaker "is now being hailed as a major influence on the Young British Art movement."[2]
Until 2006, Stezaker was Senior Tutor in Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art in London. He is represented in London by The Approach Gallery.
[edit] Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK[5] [cat.], touring to Mudam, Luxembourg and Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
2010 Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany Tabula Rasa, The Approach, London, UK
2009 Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago, USA Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany Friedrich Petzel, New York, USA
2008 Masks & Shadows, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy [cat] Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf, Germany Fumetti, GAK- Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst Bremen, Germany [cat]
2007 Two part show: Marriages, Karsten Schubert (Sep-Nov), London, Masks, The Approach, London, UK (Oct-Nov) [cat] The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA [cat] Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK Project Room, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2006 The Approach, London, UK Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf, Germany Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA Bridges and other Metaphors, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK John Stezaker, White Columns, New York, USA
2005 Archiv & Erzählung [Archives and Narration]: John Stezaker and T.J. Wilcox, Kunstverein Muenchen, Munich, Germany
2004 The Third Person Archive and other works, The Approach, London, UK
2001 The Holy Land Series, Wigmore Fine Art, London, UK
1999 Angels, Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1996 Garden, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
1991 Care & Control, Salama-Caro Gallery, London, UK
1990 Film Still Collages, Friedman-Guinness Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany [cat.]
1989 John Stezaker: New Work, Salama-Caro Gallery, London, UK[6] [cat.] Glenn Dash Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1984 Lisson Gallery, London, UK
1979 Galerie Éric Fabre, Paris, France Werke 1973-1978, Kuntsmueum Luzern, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, CH [cat.] Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK The World Made Flesh, The New ‘57 Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland [cat.]
1978 Fragments, Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK [cat.] Collages, 1977–1978, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK[7][cat.] Southampton City Museum, Southampton, UK
1977 Dream Allegories. John Stezaker Collages 1976-1977. Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK [cat.] Galerie Éric Fabre, Paris, France Schema Gallery, Florence, Italy Spectro Arts, Newcastle, UK
1976 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK Trois Oeuvres [Three Works], Galerie Éric Fabre, Paris, France [cat.]
1975 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK[8] Galerie Éric Fabre, Paris, France
1974 Galerie Decembre, Munster, Germany Galleria Lia Rumma, Rome, Italy Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy
1973 The Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK[9]
1972 Beyond Art for Art’s Sake: a Propus Mundus, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK[cat.]
1970 Works, 1969–1971, Sigi Krauss Gallery, London, UK [cat.]
[edit] References
- ^ Stezaker on the Stills Gallery website
- ^ a b c d e Colin Gleadell, ""Market news,", The Telegraph, 24 July 2007.
- ^ Julian Stallabrass, "John Stezaker, ‘Care and Control’, Salama Caro Gallery."
- ^ Henry Bond, "Haunting with Second-Hand Images," Creative Camera, Issue 309, April–May 1991, p. 48.
- ^ Brian Dillon. "John Stezaker: What a carve up". The Guardian, 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ John Walker. "John Stezaker: Moonstruck". Art Monthly / artdesigncafe. May 1989/5 August 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ John Walker. "John Stezaker: Five collages". Ikon Gallery / artdesigncafe, 1977-78/2 August 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ John Walker. "John Stezaker at Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London". Studio International / artdesigncafe, July/August 1975 / 31 July 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ John Walker. "John Stezaker and Art-Language". Studio International / artdesigncafe. December 1973/30 July 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
[edit] Other sources
- Dawn Ades et al. (2011). John Stezaker. (London: Ridinghouse)
- John Stezaker: Publications
- John Stezaker. (2010).Tabula Rasa. (London: Ridinghouse).
- (2008). John Stezaker: Rubell Family Collection (Miami: Rubell Family Collection).
- (2008). Masks. (London: Ridinghouse).
- (2007). Marriage. (London: Ridinghouse).
[edit] External links
- The approach: John Stezaker
- The Saatchi Gallery: John Stezaker
- Guardian: Artist of the week 72 (02/2010)
- Frieze: John Stezaker
- Interview with John Stezaker by Andrew Warstat : Parallax, Volume 16, Issue 2 May 2010 , pages 68 - 78
- Michael Newman on John Stezaker : Parallax, Volume 16, Issue 2 May 2010 , pages 79 - 86
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