Piers Wardle

Christopher Piers Arthur Wardle (20 April 1960 - 22 December 2009) was a British artist, musician and art factotum. Born in Beckenham, he lived in Southwark, London, UK and died in Clyst Hydon, Devon, UK.

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Biography

After Exeter School where he illustrated the school magazine, designed stage sets for productions and painted a mural of a crow (inspired by Ted Hughes) on the sixth form common room wall, and Exeter College of Art and Design (1978–79), he went to Oxford's Ruskin School of Drawing (1979–82), where his friends included the artists William Latham, Adam Lowe, and Helen Elwes. There too he met the poet Stephen Micalef who was at the other Ruskin College.

He was the great-grandson of the painter Arthur Wardle. He participated in numerous one man shows and group exhibitions of painting and conceptual art. Initially represented by Purdy Hicks, later Wardle moved to Joshua Compston's Factual Nonsense Gallery. Wardle also contributed a print to Compston's limited edition book Other Men's Flowers.[1][2] He subsequently exhibited at, amongst others, the Decima Gallery and the Courtauld Institute, and for thirty years collaborated with Stephen Micalef, providing piano accompaniment to the latter's poetry. In addition they produced works on paper; Wardle as Micalef's illustrator.

Wardle also worked as a picture editor for the Redstone Diary. Recent more formal activities included 'printing' concrete for Anish Kapoor[3], fixing a Marc Quinn, analysing Caravaggio's brush work in Rome, and scanning both Tutankhamun's tomb and Paolo Veronese's Marriage at Cana, (all of which arranged by Factum Arte).

Solo exhibitions

A random selection of either solo shows, or solo collaborations with Steve Micalef.

Group exhibitions

A random selection of group exhibitions in which Piers participated:

External

References

  1. ^ Compston, Joshua (1994). Other Men's Flowers. London: Paragon Press. 
  2. ^ Compston, Joshua; Glew, Andrew (1995). "Other Men's Flowers: A Corsage for the '90s". London: Zing Magazine. http://www.zingmagazine.com/zing2/r/other.html. Retrieved 1/2/10. 
  3. ^ Wardle, Piers; Lowe, Adam; Perry, Michael; Kapoor, Anish (2009). Anish Kapoor. Unconformity and Entropy (Greyman Cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked). Madrid: Turner Ediciones. ISBN 847506891X. http://www.copyrightbookshop.be/nl/books/details/3513/1. 
  4. ^ Martin, Richard (15/5/08). "Art Pops". Meetin.org. http://www.meetin.org/city/MEETinLONDON/MessageRoomDetail.cfm?TestimonialID=651228. Retrieved 1/2/10. 
  5. ^ Cooper, Jeremy (2000). No FuN Without U - The Art of Factual Nonsense. London: Ellipsis. p. 62. ISBN 1899858806. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6894675M/No_fun_without_U. 
  6. ^ Cooper, Jeremy (2000). No FuN Without U - The Art of Factual Nonsense. London: Ellipsis. p. 67. ISBN 1899858806. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6894675M/No_fun_without_U. 
  7. ^ Cooper, Jeremy (2000). No FuN Without U - The Art of Factual Nonsense. London: Ellipsis. p. 114. ISBN 1899858806. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6894675M/No_fun_without_U. 
  8. ^ Cooper, Jeremy (2000). No FuN Without U - The Art of Factual Nonsense. London: Ellipsis. p. 146. ISBN 1899858806. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6894675M/No_fun_without_U. 
  9. ^ "Pandora". The Independent (London). Wednesday, 31 March 1999. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pandora-1084124.html. "Another exhibitor, Piers Wardle, has made a crucifix with wooden balls attached by a "string that can be played with" and called it The Miracle of Holy Balls." 
  10. ^ Holland, Jessica (12 February 2008). "Decima-tion in E3". The London Paper (London: News International): p. 13. http://www.thelondonpaper.com/going-out/whats-new/hackney-art-the-decima-gallery. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  11. ^ The Gentle Author (2010). "So long, Piers Wardle". London: Spitalfields Life. http://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/01/11/so-long-piers/. Retrieved 7/2/10. 
  12. ^ Jeffries, Tom (2009). "What Happens After The Ball?". London: Spoonfed Media. http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/london/event/what-happens-after-the-ball/at/decima-clark-west/. Retrieved 1/2/10.