Gillian Carnegie
Gillian Carnegie (* 1971 in Suffolk ) is a British artist . She has a BA Hons. in Fine Arts from Camberwell School of Art and a Masters in Painting from the Royal College of Art . Gillian Carnegie lives and works in London.
In 2005 Carnegie was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize and was considered a favorite. Her nomination received some irony in the British press. The Daily Telegraph headlined : “Turner Prize shocker: the favorite is a woman who paints flowers. Whatever next? ” Simon Starling finally won the award .
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Gillian Carnegie's works are based on classical genres such as still life , landscape painting and nude studies , as well as on abstract and monochrome representation techniques. Carnegie creates her pictures mainly in oil on different media ( canvas , wood , paper , linen ) and, among other things, turns them around. a. the impasto process, in which several layers of paint are superimposed in such a way that the paintings develop very vividly, almost three-dimensional effects. In addition to oil, Carnegie also works with charcoal or makes etchings . Many of her works form series that present the same or similar motifs in varying representations.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2013 Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, April
- 2011 Andrea Rosen Galley, New York, January 29 to March 5
- 2009 Cabinet Gallery, London, September 24th to October 31st
- 1999 Cabinet Gallery, London
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2013 Tate Gallery , London, Painting Now. Five Contemporary Artists , November 12, 2013 to February 9, 2014
- 2013 Tate Britain , London, Looking at the View , February 12th to June 2nd
- 2012 Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Cumbria, Francis Bacon to Paula Regio , June 23 to September 16
- 2009 Museum Morsbroich , Leverkusen, Slow Paintings , November 24th to February 7th
- 2009 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection: The First Thirty Years , November 15, 2009 to May 3, 2010
- 1999 Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Scorpio Rising
- 1997 The Kitchen, London, Honky Tonk
Web links
- Gillian Carnegie at the Andrea Rosen Gallery
- Some pictures of Gillian Carnegies on the homepage of the Andrea Rosen Gallery
- CV, exhibitions, catalogs and secondary literature as PDF download from the Andrea Rosen Gallery, accessed on January 9, 2014
- Gillian Carnegie Andrea Rosen Gallery press kit , accessed January 9, 2014
- Review in the New York Times about an exhibition at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in March 2007 , accessed January 9, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Presentation of Gillian Carnegie's nomination for the Turner Prize 2005, accessed on January 9, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Carnegie, Gillian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suffolk |