Jeremy Deller
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Jeremy Deller |
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English |
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1966 |
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Conceptual, video and installation artist |
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Conceptual Artist
Video Artist
Installation Artist |
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Biography
Jeremy Deller was born in London, educated at Dulwich College, Courtauld Institute of Art University of London and did his MA in Art History at University of Sussex.
Deller is best-known for his Battle of Orgreave (2001), a recreation of the actual Battle of Orgreave which occurred during the UK miners' strike in 1984.
In 1997, Deller embarked on Acid Brass, a musical collaboration with the Williams Fairey Brass Band from Stockport. The project was based on fusing the music of a traditional brass band with acid house and Detroit techno.
Deller was winner of the Turner Prize in 2004. His show at Tate Britain included documentation on Battle of Orgreave and an installation Memory Bucket (2003), a documentary about Crawford, Texas.
In 2006, he was involved in a touring exhibit of contemporary British folk art. Later that year, he instigated The Bat House Project, an architectural competition for a bat house on the outskirts of London. Deller's work is mainly collaborative. His work has a strong political aspect, in the subjects dealt with and also the devaluation of artistic ego through the involvement of other people in the creative process. Folk Archive is a tour of "people's art", outside of the contemporary art institution. Much of his work is ephemeral in nature and tries to avoid commodification. |
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