David Bainbridge

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David Bainbridge (* 1941 in Barnsley , Yorkshire , Great Britain ; † June 30, 2013 ) was a British sculptor , conceptual artist and member of the Art & Language group of artists .

life and work

David Bainbridge studied at St. Martins School of Art in London from 1963 to 1966. He taught at Birmingham College of Art from 1966 to 1969 and at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry from 1969 to 1971 and at the Hull College of Art + Stourbridge College of Art from 1971 until retirement.

Bainbridge worked with the Fine Artz Group on " Action Chair " in 1964. He participated in the Sculpture Exhibition at St. Martins School of Art in London in 1966. In 1969 he had an exhibit at the Seattle Museum of Art.

David Bainbridge became a member of the Art & Language artist group in 1969 and remained so until the mid-1970s.

As a member of Art & Language, David Bainbridge participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with the project ´ "Index 0001" in the Idea + Idea / Light department , together with the Art & Language artists Terry Atkinson , Michael Baldwin , Ian Burn , Charles Harrison , Harold Hurrell , Mel Ramsden and the American specialist in art language Joseph Kosuth . He was also represented at Documenta 6 in 1977 with Art & Language .

Literature and Sources

  • Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
  • documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X
  • Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1: Painting, sculpture / environment, performance; Volume 2: photography, film, video; Volume 3: Hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  • Marzona, Daniel: Conceptual Art; Cologne 2005 ISBN 3-8228-2959-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary accessed on March 25, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Bainbridge, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British concept artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnsley , Yorkshire , UK
DATE OF DEATH 30th of June 2013