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Known for sculpting half or three quarter scale figurines of his body and that of his wife Yoko, Don Brown is interested in the way bodies support one another, slump, pose or perch. In contrast to ...
Known for sculpting half or three quarter scale figurines of his body and that of his wife Yoko, Don Brown is interested in the way bodies support one another, slump, pose or perch. In contrast to the conventions of classical sculpture, his figures expose human realism, cast to represent some of the small details of humankind’s physique, and to belie the myth of the hero in antique iconography.
Don Brown studied at the Royal College of Art, London. He has had a number of international solo exhibitions, including a major exhibition titled Yoko at Le Consortium, Dijon, France, in 2007. His work has been included in group shows throughout Britain and Europe, including The Naked Portrait, 1900-2007 at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, the 2007 Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, and Timer 01, Triennale Bovisa, Milan, 2007. He lives and works in Suffolk, England.
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February 12, 2014
Sculpture Edition: Yoko XXXVI
Other Criteria are launching a new sculpture edition by Don Brown, XXXVI. It is an edition of 20 and made of porcelain.
Yoko XXXVI is an editioned sculpture of Don Brown’s wife Yoko, a series which have been ongoing throughout his career. Don Brown’s art explores questions of representational perfection. His sculptural vocabulary harks back to classical antiquity and the elegance and idealism of neoclassical marbles such as Canova’s The Three Graces (1814-17), while also invoking modernist realism as instanced by Degas’ La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (1881). In Brown’s distinctive take on classical sculpture, the place of an idealised heroine is taken by the real-life figure of the artist’s wife in a casual pose. Yoko becomes a conflation of the generic and the individual.See the work on our website soon.
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June 10, 2013
RA Summer Exhibition
10 June — 18 August 2013
Now in its 245th year, the Summer Exhibition remains a much anticipated highlight of the arts calendar. It is the world’s largest open-submission exhibition, displaying more than 1,000 works in all styles and media, including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architectural models and film.
Works by Don Brown have been selected this year.
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April 26, 2013
Yoko, Norway
26 April – 26 May 2013Stolper + Friends Gallery, Tjuvholmen Alle 6, 0252 Oslo, Norway
Stolper+Friends Gallery presents ʻYoko,ʼ an exhibition of ten new large format inkjet prints by British artist Don Brown. For fifteen years, the subject matter of Brownʼs drawings and sculptures has concentrated on the depiction of his wife and muse Yoko. This new series of prints, based on Brownʼs photographic docum entation of his sculptures, marks the inclusion of a new medium in the artistʼs oeuvre. -
October 30, 2012
Freedom Not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection
10 November 2012 – 10 March 2013
“Collecting is like stuff washed up on a beach somewhere and that somewhere is you. Then when you die, it all gets washed away again,” Damien Hirst.
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli will be presenting selected works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection. Continuing to explore the theme of collecting, Freedom not Genius, curated by Elena Geuna, is a rare insight into the interests and tastes of one of the world’s best-known living artists.Read more on our blog.
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October 30, 2012
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli - Freedom Not Genius
10 November 2012 – 10 March 2013
“Collecting is like stuff washed up on a beach somewhere and that somewhere is you. Then when you die, it all gets washed away again,” Damien Hirst.
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli will be presenting selected works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection. Continuing to explore the theme of collecting, Freedom not Genius, curated by Elena Geuna, is a rare insight into the interests and tastes of one of the world’s best-known living artists.
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September 20, 2012
SITUATION GIGI — An Auction by Artists in Aid of Gigi Giannuzzi
Gigi Giannuzzi, the maverick publisher of Trolley Books and more recently TJ Boulting gallery, was recently diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas. This is devastating news for many who know him and respect his work as one of the bravest and most beautiful of creative forces, publishing through Trolley many important stories through photography, reportage and contemporary art, but also personally, as a rare and one-off crazy spirit.
To support him now, as he has helped and recognised many over the years, artists who know Gigi have donated their work for a special auction to help raise money for him. The funds will go towards alternative cancer treatments which he is currently seeking at a private clinic near Munich, Germany. The auction will feature works by many major artists, as well as several who have worked directly with Gigi over the years. In particular Polly Morgan and Mat Collishaw have been the driving force behind the artists and auction itself, and Sarah Lucas, who has given over her ‘situations’ space for the night, has hence given the name of the auction – SITUATION GIGI.
Artists include: Alighiero e Boetti, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Don Brown, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Chien Chi Chang, Mat Collishaw, Keith Coventry, Angela de la Cruz, Tracey Emin, Alixandra Fazzina, Paul Fryer, Colin Glen, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, Rachel Howard, Henry Hudson, Philip Jones Griffiths, Michael Joo, Jannis Kounellis, Abigail Lane, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Richard Long, Sarah Lucas, Robin Maddock, Alex Majoli, Adam McEwen, Harland Miller, Polly Morgan, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, George Osodi, Paolo Pellegrin, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Stephanie Quayle, Boo Saville, Jane Simpson, Cindy Sherman, Patti Smith, Jennifer Taylor, Laureana Toledo, Gavin Turk, Keith Tyson, Vedovamazzei, Nick Waplington, Jane and Louise WilsonFind out more on our blog here.
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September 1, 2011
STOLPER + FRIENDS
Opening reception September 1, 2011 19:00 – 21:00.
Exhibition continues through October 2, 2011
STOLPER + FRIENDS opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 17:00
PAUL STOLPER is pleased to announce the launch of their new gallery, STOLPER + FRIENDS, opening on September 1st, 2011 in Oslo, Norway. Opened in partnership with long-time collaborators Magne Furuholmen and Hugo Opdal, the gallery is located in the newly thriving arts district of Tjuvholmen near the city centre of Oslo. Historically a dockland and on the sea front, the Tjuvholmen has been newly revived from its industrial past. STOLPER + FRIENDS is one of a few galleries that is spearheading the area’s cultural development. Due to open in 2012, the acclaimed Astrup-Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is also relocating to Tjuvholmen with a stunning new building designed by Renzo Piano.
Other artists to be exhibited in the coming season include Nicolay Aamodt, Peter Blake, Darren Coffield, Keith Coventry, Susie Hamilton, Sarah Hardacre, Rachel Howard, Claire Pestaille, Peter Saville, Gavin Turk, Håvard Vikhagen and the artist collective Apparatjik.
Read more on our blog.
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June 13, 2011
SNAP: Group art exhibition at the Aldeburgh Festival
SNAP will bring together sculpture, video, photography and drawings, with work by Darren Almond, Don Brown, Cerith Wyn Evans, Mark Fuller, Russell Haswell, Gary Hume, Johnnie Shand Kydd, Abigail Lane, Simon Liddiment, Sarah Lucas, Julian Simmons and Juergen Teller.
For more information, visit our blog.
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January 22, 2010
EXHIBITIONISM: The Art of Display
Don Brown will join a huge number of artists at Courtauld Institute of Art in a huge group show from East Wing Nine titled Exhibitionism: The Art of Display.
Open to the public first weekend of each month from 23 January 2010 to July 2011, admission is free and a fully illustrated catalogue will be available.
For the press release and full list of artists go to the Courtauld Institute of Art website.
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