John Dugger
John Scott Dugger (* 1948 in Bellflower , California , USA ) is an American concept and object artist, known for his sometimes huge fabric banner images.
life and work
John Scott Dugger studied at the University of Chicago School of Arts Institute and the Gilmore Institute of Fine Arts in Kalamazoo .
In 1967 he went to London. There he was a member of the avant-garde group Exploding Galaxy in the late 1960s . He exhibited his work perennials (" perennials ") at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1970. The tankas and ritual items he collected during his travels through Nepal with artist David Medalla were exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in 1971.
In the early 1970s, Dugger began to work with fabric banners and tried to turn them into organized group work involving various viewers and participants.
His earliest sculptures, which he called "ergonic" or energy constructions, and his People's Participation Pavilion were shown for the first time in the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford and at Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the Individual Mythology Department .
Dugger traveled widely during this time, he visited China during the Cultural Revolution , and he lived in Asia, Paris and London. His banners have been purchased and displayed by numerous institutions and organizations including the Arts Council of Great Britain, the House of Commons, the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Tate Gallery in London.
The Mountain Banner series began in 1985. One of these paintings was acquired by the Dalai Lama , who used it for his International Year of Tibet in 1991. These works are inspired by Dugger's passion for mountaineering , the art of ancient Tibet and China, and the western tradition of expedition drawings.
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
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dugger, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dugger, John Scott (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American concept and object artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellflower , California |