Jim Lambie
Jim Lambie (* 1964 in Glasgow ) is a contemporary Scottish artist , DJ and musician .
Life
Jim Lambie attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1990 to 1994 . The artist feels connected to the history of Glasgow, characterized by industrialization or the utopias of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement.
As a musician, Jim Lambie worked as a xylophone player for the Glasgow band The Boy Hairdresser, which became a fan club after he left for the Brit pop band Teenage . In 2005 the artist was nominated for the Turner Prize for his installation Mental Oyster .
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Jim Lambie created his first Zobop floor installations with multi-colored vinyl tapes at the end of the 1990s: the color mass, which runs in geometric lines, vibrates in the room, the vibrations are transmitted pulsating to the viewer. Lambie's art relates to the atmosphere of trendy, glittering clubs, the places where music is best made with the pulse of the times. The Zobop installations call the 70s glam rock into the exhibition rooms, they visualize the beat of the music and are at the same time psychedelic dance floors where you can indulge in the intoxication of the music.
In his work, Jim Lambie primarily refers to the universe of pop music : discos, clubs, nightlife, song lyrics, legendary bands, fan cult or the observation of the aesthetic forms of music. The artist also mostly uses everyday objects in a transformational way for his works, so that the objects removed from everyday life now create a completely new sculptural perception.
Lambie's handling of materials is unorthodox and initially little related to traditional artistic materials. He works with found objects from flea markets or household items such as T-shirts, vases, belts, posters, chairs, mirrors or doors. Industrial materials such as concrete, MDF and metal panels, industrial paints and spray paint are also finding their way into his plant. In his exhibitions he would like to create a spatial concept similar to that of the Gesamtkunstwerk.
Exhibitions
- Pier Art Center, Stromness, Orkney, 2011
- Goss Michael Foundation, Dallas, 2011
- Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, 2009
- Unknown Pleasures, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art , Tokyo, 2008
- Forever Changes, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow, 2008
- RSVP: Jim Lambie, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , 2008
- 8 Miles High, ACCA Melbourne , 2008
- Secret Affair, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, 2008
- Directions, Hirschhorn Museum , Smithsonian Museum, Washington 2006
- The Kinks, Turner Prize 2005, Tate Britain , London, 2005
- Thirteenth Floor Elevator, Dallas Museum of Art , Dallas, 2005
- Jim Lambie: Male Stripper, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 2003
- Voidoid, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 1999
- ZOBOP, The Showroom Gallery, London, 1999
His works have been shown at the following group exhibitions, for example:
- Vanishing points: paint and paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection, Bass Museum of Art , Miami Beach, 2011
- Compass, Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin, 2011
- Drawings Collection, MoMA , New York, 2009
- Color Chart, MoMA, New York, 2008 and Tate Liverpool , 2009
- Expérience de la Durée, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon , 2005
- ZENOMAP, Biennale di Venezia , 2003
literature
- Voidoid, The Modern Institute / Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow (co publishers Sadie Coles HQ, London and Anton Kern, New York) 2004
- Jim Lambie. Male Stripper, Modern Art Oxford 2004
- Directions: Jim Lambie, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (2005)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Zobop Vinyloden is being created on the occasion of the Color Chart (2008) exhibition at MoMA, New York.
- ↑ Ian MacMillan in his article Awop Bopa Loobop Zobop Bam Boom , in: Modern Painters, May, 2005, p. 84ff, devotes himself to the subject of music in Lambie's work.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lambie, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish artist, DJ and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |