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==Career==
==Career==


Barclay's first solo exhibition was at [[Transmission Gallery]], Glasgow in 1994.<ref name=":1" /> In 2003, Barclay represented Scotland in the [[Venice Biennale]].<ref name=Sherwin/> Her work was the focus of a solo exhibition at the [[Tate Britain]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Now: Claire Barclay: Half-light|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/art-now-claire-barclay-half-light|website=Tate|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> In 2009 she had a solo exhibition at the [[Fruitmarket Gallery]], which documented significant works created by Barclay over the previous 12 years, alongside newly-commissioned installations.<ref name="Barclay 2009"/>
Barclay's first solo exhibition was at [[Transmission Gallery]], Glasgow in 1994.<ref name=":1" /> In 2003, Barclay represented Scotland in the [[Venice Biennale]].<ref name=Sherwin/> Her work was the focus of a solo exhibition at the [[Tate Britain]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Now: Claire Barclay: Half-light|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/art-now-claire-barclay-half-light|website=Tate|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> In 2009 she had a solo exhibition at the [[Fruitmarket Gallery]], which documented significant works created by Barclay over the previous 12 years, alongside newly-commissioned installations.<ref name="Barclay 2009"/> In 2017 she showed new large scale sculptural work at [[Tramway Gallery]] in Glasgow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/claire-barclay/news/claire-barclay-yield-point-at-tramway-glasgow-scotland|title=Stephen Friedman Gallery - News - 'Claire Barclay: Yield Point' At Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland|website=www.stephenfriedman.com|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>, and the work made here amongst others were reworked and adapted at [[Mission Gallery]], [[Swansea]], in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.missiongallery.co.uk/exhibitions/deep-spoils/|title=Claire Barclay, Deep Spoils|website=www.missiongallery.co.uk|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>


=== Themes ===
=== Themes ===
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* 'Overlap - Claire Barclay', [[Glasgow Print Studio]], 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowprintstudio.co.uk/Home/DisplayExhibition/60?year=2010|title=Overlap Exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio - Claire Barclay|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref>
* 'Overlap - Claire Barclay', [[Glasgow Print Studio]], 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowprintstudio.co.uk/Home/DisplayExhibition/60?year=2010|title=Overlap Exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio - Claire Barclay|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref>
* 'Abstract Possible', [[Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City|Museo Tamayo]], [[Mexico City]], 2011<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873822785|title=Funktion - Dysfunktion - Function - Dysfunction : Kunstzentrum Glasgow : contemporary art from Glasgow : Claire Barclay, Martin Boyce, Nick Evans, Nicolas Party, Ciara Phillips, Mary Redmond|last=|first=|date=2013|publisher=Verlag für Moderne Kunst|others=Todd, Jacqueline., Rehkopf, Kurt., Zirden, Sylvia., Neues Museum (Nuremberg, Germany)|year=|isbn=9783869844817|location=Nürnberg|pages=47|oclc=873822785}}</ref>
* 'Abstract Possible', [[Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City|Museo Tamayo]], [[Mexico City]], 2011<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873822785|title=Funktion - Dysfunktion - Function - Dysfunction : Kunstzentrum Glasgow : contemporary art from Glasgow : Claire Barclay, Martin Boyce, Nick Evans, Nicolas Party, Ciara Phillips, Mary Redmond|last=|first=|date=2013|publisher=Verlag für Moderne Kunst|others=Todd, Jacqueline., Rehkopf, Kurt., Zirden, Sylvia., Neues Museum (Nuremberg, Germany)|year=|isbn=9783869844817|location=Nürnberg|pages=47|oclc=873822785}}</ref>
*'Bright Bodies', [[Kelvin Hall|Kelvinhall]], [[Glasgow]], 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glasgowinternational.org/events/claire-barclay-2016/|title=CLAIRE BARCLAY|website=Glasgow International|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>
*'Yield Point', [[Tramway Gallery]], Glasgow, 2017


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

Revision as of 12:16, 3 September 2019

Claire Barclay
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Paisley, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Alma materGlasgow School of Art
Styleinstallation, sculpture and printmaking

Claire Barclay (born 1968) is a Scottish artist. Her artistic practice uses a number of traditional mediums that include installation, sculpture and printmaking, but it also expands to encapsulate a diverse array of craft techniques.[1] Central to her practice is a sustained exploration of materials and space.[2][3]

"While there is always a concept behind the work its actual form comes out of the 'play' with materials and my response to them"[4]

Early life and education

Claire Barclay received a Master of Fine Arts from the Glasgow School of Art, where she focused on environmental art.[5] She graduated in 1993 with an MA.[6][4]

Career

Barclay's first solo exhibition was at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow in 1994.[4] In 2003, Barclay represented Scotland in the Venice Biennale.[5] Her work was the focus of a solo exhibition at the Tate Britain in 2004.[7] In 2009 she had a solo exhibition at the Fruitmarket Gallery, which documented significant works created by Barclay over the previous 12 years, alongside newly-commissioned installations.[1] In 2017 she showed new large scale sculptural work at Tramway Gallery in Glasgow[8], and the work made here amongst others were reworked and adapted at Mission Gallery, Swansea, in 2018[9]

Themes

Situated within realms of the domestic, Barclay's work juxtaposes the reified space of the gallery with that of the everyday.[1] The objects present within her installations allude to dichotomies between function and dysfunction; subsequently, this imbues them with qualities of both the familiar and strange, simultaneously imparting them with an elusory nature.[10]

Style

Barclay creates large-scale installations, often made in situ and in response to the spaces in which they are shown.[1] Her practice is also deeply rooted in process and craftsmanship; accordingly, her installations include an array of materials that oscillate between those associated with mechanization and those associated with the domestic: steel, cast-concrete, machined aluminium, rubber, brass mesh, ceramic, leather, canvas and printed fabric.[11] These dualities further position her artistic process between the handcrafted and industrially produced, as well as the natural and man-made.[12]

Selected exhibitions

Awards

Publications

  • 'Claire Barclay: Ideal Pursuits', exhibition catalogue, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, 2003
  • 'Claire Barclay: Fault on the Right Size', exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2007
  • 'Claire Barclay: openwide', exhibition catalogue, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2009
  • 'Claire Barclay: Shadow Spans', Whitechapel Gallery, 2010[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Barclay, Claire; Fruitmarket Gallery (London) (2009). Openwide. The Fruitmarket Gallery. ISBN 9780947912642.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Shannon, Liz. "Claire Barclay: Openwide". list.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Claire Barclay". belowanothersky.org. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Brown & Tufnell, Katrina M. & Rob (2001). Here + Now - Scottish Art 1990-2001. Dundee Contemporary Arts. p. 36. ISBN 0 9535178 7 X.
  5. ^ a b Sherwin, Skye. "Artist of the week 103: Claire Barclay". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ^ 1968-, Barclay, Claire, (2011). Claire Barclay : shadow spans. Ogg, Kirsty., Whitechapel Art Gallery. London: Whitechapel Gallery. p. 47. ISBN 9780854881918. OCLC 752814701. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Art Now: Claire Barclay: Half-light". Tate. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Stephen Friedman Gallery - News - 'Claire Barclay: Yield Point' At Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland". www.stephenfriedman.com. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  9. ^ "Claire Barclay, Deep Spoils". www.missiongallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  10. ^ Tate. "Art Now: Claire Barclay: Half-light – Exhibition at Tate Britain | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  11. ^ "Claire Barclay". frieze.com. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  12. ^ Sherwin, Skye (2010-09-02). "Artist of the week 103: Claire Barclay | Skye Sherwin". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  13. ^ "Overlap Exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio - Claire Barclay". Retrieved 2018-05-24. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ a b c Funktion - Dysfunktion - Function - Dysfunction : Kunstzentrum Glasgow : contemporary art from Glasgow : Claire Barclay, Martin Boyce, Nick Evans, Nicolas Party, Ciara Phillips, Mary Redmond. Todd, Jacqueline., Rehkopf, Kurt., Zirden, Sylvia., Neues Museum (Nuremberg, Germany). Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst. 2013. p. 47. ISBN 9783869844817. OCLC 873822785.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ "CLAIRE BARCLAY". Glasgow International. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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