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RICHARD DUCKER |
Richard Ducker explores the representation of obsolescence and
nostalgia through the monumental, and became interested in creating
artworks by which memory and the present collide. These works coalesce
around certain themes, which articulates a notion of loss: a sense of
displacement; narratives imagined, remembered, or real; the body as an
absent presence; and a domestic disquiet. There is a muted quality, where
any sense of mobility is associated with instability, and the insecurity of
history. To this end, the use of materials combines the weight of concrete
with the disposability of the everyday, establishing a dialogue between their
formal presence, and associative past. They are made by either covering
objects in cement, or incorporating cement within an ensemble of found
materials.
nostalgia through the monumental, and became interested in creating
artworks by which memory and the present collide. These works coalesce
around certain themes, which articulates a notion of loss: a sense of
displacement; narratives imagined, remembered, or real; the body as an
absent presence; and a domestic disquiet. There is a muted quality, where
any sense of mobility is associated with instability, and the insecurity of
history. To this end, the use of materials combines the weight of concrete
with the disposability of the everyday, establishing a dialogue between their
formal presence, and associative past. They are made by either covering
objects in cement, or incorporating cement within an ensemble of found
materials.
Education:
Reading University B.A. Fine Art
Goldsmiths College, University of London M.A. Fine Art
Selected Exhibitions:
2006 Fieldgate Gallery, London, 'Half Life'
2006 Fieldgate Gallery, London, 'Kamikaze Blossom'
2006 Sartorial contemporary art, London, ‘Exhaustion’
2006 SevenSeven Gallery, London, ‘MCTwo’
2005 Flowers Central, London, ‘Small is Beautiful’
2005 The Crypt @ St. Pancras, London, ‘Memoire Collective’
2005 Cell Project Space, London, ‘Hard Labour’
2004 21 New Fetter Lane, London, ‘Sonya’s Office’
2002 The Yard Gallery, Nottingham, ‘Growth & Form’
2002 London Art Fair, London, Mark Jason Gallery
2001 The Kitchen, New York, ‘Art for Plot’
2001 TWO10 Gallery, London, Wellcome Trust
2000 Royal Academy, Edinburgh, SSA Annual Open 2000
2000 Mappin Gallery, Sheffield, ‘New Art 2000’
1998 Cable Street Gallery, London, ‘Store’
1997 Commercial Too, London, ‘WheNever’
1996 Commercial Too, London, ‘Nicepace’
1994 Shad Thames, London, ‘Inflation Saints’
1994 IAS, London, ‘Mix Fiz Spin’
1993 ICA, London, ‘Art for Equality’
1993 Clove Gallery, London, ‘Contingent’
1992 Kettles Yard, Cambridge, ‘Face Values’
1992 Serpentine Gallery, London, Barclays Young Artist Award
Forthcoming Exhibitions:
2006 'Beauty and the Beast'
2006 ‘Domestic Bliss’
2006 ‘Phantom Limb’ (venue undecided)
Artwork in private collections in Britain, New York, Boston, Texas,
Washington, D.C., Australia and Singapore
Reading University B.A. Fine Art
Goldsmiths College, University of London M.A. Fine Art
Selected Exhibitions:
2006 Fieldgate Gallery, London, 'Half Life'
2006 Fieldgate Gallery, London, 'Kamikaze Blossom'
2006 Sartorial contemporary art, London, ‘Exhaustion’
2006 SevenSeven Gallery, London, ‘MCTwo’
2005 Flowers Central, London, ‘Small is Beautiful’
2005 The Crypt @ St. Pancras, London, ‘Memoire Collective’
2005 Cell Project Space, London, ‘Hard Labour’
2004 21 New Fetter Lane, London, ‘Sonya’s Office’
2002 The Yard Gallery, Nottingham, ‘Growth & Form’
2002 London Art Fair, London, Mark Jason Gallery
2001 The Kitchen, New York, ‘Art for Plot’
2001 TWO10 Gallery, London, Wellcome Trust
2000 Royal Academy, Edinburgh, SSA Annual Open 2000
2000 Mappin Gallery, Sheffield, ‘New Art 2000’
1998 Cable Street Gallery, London, ‘Store’
1997 Commercial Too, London, ‘WheNever’
1996 Commercial Too, London, ‘Nicepace’
1994 Shad Thames, London, ‘Inflation Saints’
1994 IAS, London, ‘Mix Fiz Spin’
1993 ICA, London, ‘Art for Equality’
1993 Clove Gallery, London, ‘Contingent’
1992 Kettles Yard, Cambridge, ‘Face Values’
1992 Serpentine Gallery, London, Barclays Young Artist Award
Forthcoming Exhibitions:
2006 'Beauty and the Beast'
2006 ‘Domestic Bliss’
2006 ‘Phantom Limb’ (venue undecided)
Artwork in private collections in Britain, New York, Boston, Texas,
Washington, D.C., Australia and Singapore
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