Liam Gillick installation Turner Prize 2002
Photo: © Tate Photography, Courtesy Corvi - Mora, London, © The artist
Liam Gillick
Installation at Whitechapel Gallery 2002
Filtration 2002
Courtesy Corvi - Mora, London
Liam Gillick
(Provisional) Consultation Partition 2000
Anodizied aluminium, formica, plywood
Courtesy Corvi - Mora, London
Liam Gillick
Installation at Tate Britain 2002
Coats of Asbestos Spangled with Mica 2002, Anodized aluminium framework, Perspex panels and display case
Computer plans for works, projects and graphics 2001-2002
Photo: © Tate Photography, Courtesy Corvi - Mora, London, © The artist
Gillick was born in Aylesbury, England, in 1964 and graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1987. His art is underpinned by rigorous theorising: he is as much a writer as a maker of objects. However, Gillick’s work is shaped by a very visual awareness of the way different properties of materials, structures and colour can affect our surroundings and therefore influence the way we behave.
Liam Gillick’s work
Coats of Asbestos Spangled With Mica 2002, made of coloured Perspex and anodised aluminium, has been created specifically for this exhibition. In this work, Gillick encourages us to explore our bodily and intellectual perception of an altered environment. Gillick has consistently extended his practice into other disciplines, acting as designer, critic, author and curator. A display case, also designed by the artist, houses computer plans for recent public art projects and design work, showing the breadth and diversity of his work.