Richard Deacon

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Richard Deacon has been a leading figure in British sculpture since the 1980s. His consistently innovative use of form and his interest in materials and their manipulation make him one of the most inventive artists of our time. Throughout his career, Deacon has worked with a diverse range of materials including laminated wood, polycarbonate, leather cloth, stainless steel and clay. In a recent interview he explains: "changing materials from one work to the next is a way of beginning again each time (and thus of finishing what had gone before)." (Deacon, 2005) His hand-built ceramic works are inspired by the simple gestures of how the material reacts to methods of construction and manipulation, where hollowing, carving, piling and squashing become techniques in themselves. His constructions are often of unexpected scale, ranging from the domestic to the monumental.

Richard Deacon lives and works in London, UK

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PAST

Summer Exhibition 2011
Royal Academy of Arts, London
7 June - 15 August 2011
Royal Academy

Richard Deacon - The Missing Part
The Sprengel Museum, Hannover
23 January - 15 May 2011
Sprengel Museum

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The Missing Part, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg
4 June - 19 September 2010
MAMC

Richard Deacon - The Inside
New Art Centre, Salisbury (England)
24 April - 25 July 2010
New Art Centre

Brave New World
MUDAM - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
30 January - 23 May
MUDAM

Richard Deacon
Seven Works, Madison Square Park, New York
2008
Madison Square Park

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Personals, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2007
Ikon Gallery

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Out of order, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall
2005
Tate St Ives

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Passage de la mer rouge, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2003

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PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2001
Ps1 Contemporary Art Center

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