Barry Flanagan

Barry Flanagan (born January 11, 1941 in Prestatyn , Wales , † August 31, 2009 in Santa Eulària des Riu , Spain ) was a Welsh sculptor .

Life

He studied at Birmingham College of Art and Crafts (1957-1958), followed by studies at St. Martin's School of Art in London in 1964. From 1967 to 1971 he lectured at St. Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts .

He took part in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the Individual Mythologies : Video department and was also represented as an artist at Documenta 7 in 1982. In 1982 he represented Great Britain at the Biennale di Venezia .

Large Nijinsky Hare on Anvil Point , Yorkshire Sculpture Park ( England )

Dublin ( Ireland )

Utrecht ( Netherlands )

He died of ALS at the age of 68 .

Works in public collections

Belgium

• SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst , Ghent

Brazil

• Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro

Germany

• Weishaupt Art Gallery , Ulm
• Sculpture Park Cologne : Large Mirror Nijinski , bronze, 1993

France

• FRAC - Pays de la Loire , Carquefou
• Musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain , Épinal
• Carré d'Art , Nîmes
• Bibliothèque nationale de France , Site Richelieu, Paris
• Cartier Foundation , Paris
• Musée du sourire , Paris
• Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne , Saint-Étienne
• Musée d'Art modern et contemporain de Strasbourg , Strasbourg
• Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut , Villeneuve d'Ascq
• FRAC - Rhône-Alpes, IAC - Institute d`art contemporain , Villeurbanne

Ireland (Republic)

• Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane , Dublin
• Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin

Italy

• Peggy Guggenheim Collection , Venice

Japan

• Fukuoka Art Museum , Fukuoka
• Koriyama City Museum of Art , Koriyama

Canada

• Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec
• National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Netherlands

• Rijksmuseum Twenthe , Enschede

Austria

• Essl Collection - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg

Portugal

• Museu Coleção Berardo , Lisbon
• Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna

Switzerland

• Kunsthaus Zurich

United States

• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden : Hare on Bell on Portland Stone Piers
• Nerman Museum of Art , Overland Park, Kansas
• Runnymede Sculpture Farm , Woodside, California

Venezuela

• Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas , Caracas

United Kingdom

• Ulster Museum , Belfast (Northern Ireland)
• Dundee Contemporary Arts , Dundee (Scotland)
• Leeds City Art Gallery , Leeds (England)
• Tate Liverpool , Liverpool (England)
• Royal Academy of Arts , London (England)
• Tate Britain , London (England)
• John Creasey Museum , Salisbury (England)
• SCAG - Southampton City Art Gallery , Southampton (England)
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Wakefield, West Yorkshire (England)

Web links

Commons : Barry Flanagan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Estate of Barry Flanagan (English)
• Barry Flanagan on kunstaspekte.de
• Materials by and about Barry Flanagan in the documenta archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barry Flanagan: Sculptor known for his distinctive giant bronzes . In: The Independent , September 4, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2017.