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'''Simon Starling''' (born 1967 in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]]) is an [[England|English]] [[conceptual]] artist and was the winner of the 2005 [[Turner Prize]]. |
'''Simon Starling''' (born 1967 in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]]) is an [[England|English]] [[conceptual]] artist and was the winner of the 2005 [[Turner Prize]]. <ref>http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/2005/simonstarling.htm</ref> |
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He studied photography and art at [[Maidstone College of Art]] from 1986-87, then at [[Nottingham Trent University|Trent Polytechnic]] Nottingham from 1987-90 and then attended [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1990-92. <ref>"Simon Starling". Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Exhibition Catalogue. 1999</ref> From 1993 to 1996 he was a committee member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. <ref>"Simon Starling: Under Lime". Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin. Exhibition Catalogue. Cologne: Walther König, 2009</ref> He was the first recipient of the Blinky Palermo Grant. <ref>"Simon Starling". Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Exhibition Catalogue. 1999</ref> |
He studied photography and art at [[Maidstone College of Art]] from 1986-87, then at [[Nottingham Trent University|Trent Polytechnic]] Nottingham from 1987-90 and then attended [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1990-92. <ref>"Simon Starling". Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Exhibition Catalogue. 1999</ref> From 1993 to 1996 he was a committee member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. <ref>"Simon Starling: Under Lime". Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin. Exhibition Catalogue. Cologne: Walther König, 2009</ref> He was the first recipient of the Blinky Palermo Grant. <ref>"Simon Starling". Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Exhibition Catalogue. 1999</ref> |
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''Tabernas Desert Run'' was one of his Turner Prize show exhibits, but the piece which attracted most media attention was titled ''Shedboatshed'', and consisted of a wooden shed, which he had at one time dismantled, converted into a boat (in which he had sailed down the [[River Rhine]]) and then turned back into the original shed in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. |
''Tabernas Desert Run'' was one of his Turner Prize show exhibits, but the piece which attracted most media attention was titled ''Shedboatshed'', and consisted of a wooden shed, which he had at one time dismantled, converted into a boat (in which he had sailed down the [[River Rhine]]) and then turned back into the original shed in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. |
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''[[The Times]]'' quoted [[Charles Thomson (artist)|Charles Thomson]], leader of the anti-conceptual art [[Stuckism|Stuckists]]: "The Turner should be renamed the [[B&Q]] diy prize."<ref |
''[[The Times]]'' quoted [[Charles Thomson (artist)|Charles Thomson]], leader of the anti-conceptual art [[Stuckism|Stuckists]]: "The Turner should be renamed the [[B&Q]] diy prize."<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1905555,00.html "One Man and His Boat Sail into a Storm over the Turner", The Times, December 6, 2006] Retrieved March 28, 2006</ref> Subsequently two other newspapers took up this idea, buying a shed from B&Q, and turning it into a boat. |
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{{As of|2005}}, Starling lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin.<ref>http://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/27/bio</ref> He is a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. |
{{As of|2005}}, Starling lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin.<ref>http://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/27/bio</ref> He is a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.<ref> http://www.staedelschule.de/teachers.html</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Simon Starling (born 1967 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English conceptual artist and was the winner of the 2005 Turner Prize. [1]
He studied photography and art at Maidstone College of Art from 1986-87, then at Trent Polytechnic Nottingham from 1987-90 and then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1990-92. [2] From 1993 to 1996 he was a committee member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. [3] He was the first recipient of the Blinky Palermo Grant. [4]
The idea of efficiency is a theme that informs much of his work, including Tabernas Desert Run (2004), featuring a bicycle fuelled by hydrogen and oxygen that he rode 66 kilometres across Spain's Tabernas Desert. The only waste product was water, which he then used to paint a watercolour of a cactus that he had seen on his trip.
Tabernas Desert Run was one of his Turner Prize show exhibits, but the piece which attracted most media attention was titled Shedboatshed, and consisted of a wooden shed, which he had at one time dismantled, converted into a boat (in which he had sailed down the River Rhine) and then turned back into the original shed in Basel, Switzerland.
The Times quoted Charles Thomson, leader of the anti-conceptual art Stuckists: "The Turner should be renamed the B&Q diy prize."[5] Subsequently two other newspapers took up this idea, buying a shed from B&Q, and turning it into a boat.
As of 2005[update], Starling lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin.[6] He is a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.[7]
See also
External links
- The Modern Institute: Simon Starling
- Turner Prize 2005: Simon Starling
- Guggenheim: Simon Starling
- Guardian interview (12/2005)
- frieze review (10/2005)
- Casey Kaplan: Simon Starling
- Franco Noero: Simon Starling
References
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