Archive 2010-11
Eric Bainbridge
- Venue: Fine Art Lecture Theatre
- Start: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT
- End: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT
Eric Bainbridge graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1977 and later from the Royal College of Art in 1981 with a MA in Sculpture. He rose to prominence on both sides of the Atlantic following solo exhibitions at Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York (1985 –1994)), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1986), ICA, Boston (1987), the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1990), Cornerhouse, Manchester (1997), DELFINA, London (1997). From 1988-91 he was a Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow at The Slade School of Art and in 1996 received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation prize for Sculpture. In 2008 MIMA, Middlesbrough staged a survey exhibition of his work, "Forward Thinking 1976 - 2008". Bainbridge is based in Hartlepool and is Professor of Fine Art at the University of Sunderland.
Within his work Eric has dealt consistently with issues of scale and the status of objects and materials in contemporary culture, employing unexpected tactics of formalism and humour, low grade materials and the examination of modernist languages.
Eric will be discussing his work with Miles Thurlow, who co-directs with Paul Moss the Workplace Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
http://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/eric_bainbridge/