Stuart Brisley
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Stuart Brisley |
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Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Haslemere, England |
| Nationality: |
English |
| Birth: |
1933 |
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performance artist |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painting
Printmaking
Sculpture |
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Biography
Stuart Brisley is widely regarded as the father of British performance art. Brisley has been an enduring influence on the present generation of young British artists and his radical practice has made an important contribution to the British art scene.
Brisley first achieved notoriety in the 1960s and ’70s for his disturbing physical performances, but his work as an artist extends over four decades and has also includes painting, print, sculpture and installation, films, and large-scale participatory projects. At the center of his work lies his exploration of the essential qualities of what it means to be human. Brisley has recently helped form the UK Museum of Ordure.
Brisley engages the audience in his work and establishes a dialogue of action and reaction that induces a release from conventions of social behaviour. He has also examined the body politic and images of power; his paintings, prints and sculpture have expressed a literary and symbolic approach to power as represented in the media.
Stuart Brisley currently lives and works in Spitalfields in the East End of London. |
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