Angus Fairhurst
A graduate of Goldsmiths College, bezzie mates with Damien Hirst and one-time partner of Sarah Lucas, Angus Fairhurst is a fully paid-up YBA. He made his name with a series of witty conceptual works in the early Nineties: in 1991, for example, he networked together the phones of London's leading contemporary art dealers so that they could only talk to each other. Brilliant!
But for his latest exhibition at Sadie Coles, Fairhurst moved away from the installation, photography, and video art of his early years. Instead he presented a series of paintings and sculptures that explore the spatial dynamics of the urban environment. Starkly composed, with big empty spaces, and a pitch perfect palette of ambers and grey tones, this was a direct and engaging new direction.
The day after this show closed, Fairhurst's body was found in Scotland: he had hanged himself.
Click here to read Tom's review of Angus Fairhurst at Sadie Coles.
But for his latest exhibition at Sadie Coles, Fairhurst moved away from the installation, photography, and video art of his early years. Instead he presented a series of paintings and sculptures that explore the spatial dynamics of the urban environment. Starkly composed, with big empty spaces, and a pitch perfect palette of ambers and grey tones, this was a direct and engaging new direction.
The day after this show closed, Fairhurst's body was found in Scotland: he had hanged himself.
Click here to read Tom's review of Angus Fairhurst at Sadie Coles.
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