Archive 2014-15
Francis Torburn
- Venue: Fine Art Lecture Theatre
- Start: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:00:00 GMT
- End: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:00:00 GMT
Francis Thorburn is a practising artist working with performance and sculpture. Since 2008 he has been developing a series of processional performances, which use sculptural devices to head the procession. He wishes to fascinate and capture the audiences’ attention with the absurd and the extravagant, through ritualized action and the epic machine.
His performance work has been commissioned by Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the Centre for Contemporary Art Warsaw (Poland) and the Folkestone Triennial. He has exhibited across the UK with recent shows at the Olympic Park, Focal Point Gallery, The Grundy Gallery, The New Art Gallery, Generator Projects, and Embassy Gallery. Thorburn has also shown internationally in Australia, Korea, Portugal and Poland.