Phyllida Barlow

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Phyllida Barlow (born 1944, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a British artist living and working in London. Barlow studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) before moving to the Slade School of Fine Art, (1963–1966) where she later became a Professor. Former pupils of Barlow include artists Tacita Dean, Rachel Whiteread and Douglas Gordon. From 2003-2004, she participated in the CentralTrak Artist Residency in Dallas, Texas. In 2009, she stopped teaching in order to focus on her own work. In 2011, Barlow was elected a Royal Academician.

Phyllida Barlow RIG, Hauser and Wirth 2011 Image courtesy of Hauser and Wirth

Work

"Things aren't just visual. They are sensations of physicality". – Phyllida Barlow in Modern Painters, Summer 2011

For over four decades, Barlow has created anti-monumental sculptures from inexpensive, low-grade materials such as cardboard, fabric, plywood, polystyrene, scrim and cement. Barlow's sculptural practice is centred on her experimentation with these materials and the process of re-contextualising them to create large-scale, three-dimensional collages. Her constructions are often crudely painted in industrial or synthetic colours, resulting in abstract, seemingly unstable forms: the seams of their construction are simultaneously revealed and concealed. Often appearing unstable and ephemeral, Barlow’s work constantly reinvestigates the possibilities of form, mass and volume. Drawing also plays an important role in Barlow’s practice. Her works on paper echo the rough surfaces of her sculpture and play with matter and space. The drawings are made independently of the sculptural works and are not preparatory sketches but works in their own right.

Barlow's recent solo exhibitions include 'RIG', Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly (2011); 'Cast', Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (2011); 'STREET', BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria (2010); and in 2010, she was in the two-person show at the Serpentine Gallery, London, England with Nairy Baghramian. Recent group shows include 'Sculptural Acts' a group show at Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2011); 'Before the Law' at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2011); 'Displaced Fractures', Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland (2010). In May 2012, Barlow received the Aachen Art Prize and present a solo exhibition at Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany. Since 2010, Barlow has been represented by Hauser & Wirth, London.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012

Phyllida Barlow: Bad Copies, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England

Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany

Hauser and Wirth, New York NY

2011

RIG, Hauser and Wirth, London, England

Cast, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany

2010

BLUFF, Studio Voltaire, London, England

SWAMP, V22, London, England

STREET, BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

2009

BRAKE, One in the Other Gallery, London, England

2008

STINT, Mead Gallery, Warwick Art Centre, Warwick, England

STACK, FENCE, Southbank Centre, London, England

2007

Under Over, Canary Wharf, London, England

Ramp Tower Flags, Galerià Jesús Gallardo, León, Mexico

New Sculpture: In the Gallery and Grounds, New Art Centre, Roche Court, London, England

2005

SKIT, Bloomberg Space, London, England

Remnants, Dallas, 2003, MAC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Dallas TX

2004

PENINSULAR, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

Human Capsules. Eight Female Artists from the Ursula Hauser Collection, Lokremise, St. Gall, Switzerland

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times. Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, First International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine

2011

Open Space, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Sculptural Acts, Haus de Kunst, Munich, Germany

Before the Law, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

ARTISTS for Kettle's Yard, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England

2010

Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow, Serpentine Gallery, London, England

Old Ideas, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Under One Umbrella, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Germany

Displaced Fractures - Über die Bruchlinien von Architekturen und ihren Körpern, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland

2009

The Real V22 Sculpture Exhibition, The Almond Building, London, England

2008

Prospects and Interior Sculptors, Drawings of Inner Space, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England

2007

etc..., Amagerfaelledvej Art Project, Copenhagen, Denmark

Art 38 Basel, The Swiss Exhibition Centre, Basel, Switzerland

Entre Muros (Between Walls,) Galeria Casa de los Manos, Leon, Mexico

2006

Ebb and Flow, RAID Projects, Los Angeles CA

Entre Muros (Between Walls,) The Thomas Chavez Morado Gallery and Attrium, Dallas TX

Wandering Star, GANA Art Centre, Seoul, Korea

Please Close the Gate: Painted Sculpture at Roche Court, Royal Academy, London, England

2005 New Acquisitions: Works on Paper, Phyllida Barlow, Cecil Johnson-Soliz, Sarah Stanton, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England

Merveilles du Monde, Musee de L'Art Contemporain, Dunkirque, France

Arte Fiera Bologna, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte contemporanea/International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Bologna, Italy

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