DONALD URQUHART
b. 1963, United KingdomDonald Urquhart’s bold pen-and-ink drawings of Hollywood legends, drag queens and broken divas have become iconic in the art world. They were, however, originally made as posters and wall decorations for ‘The Beautiful Bend’, an eclectic King’s Cross nightclub co-founded by Urquhart and his friends in the early 1990s. The then photocopied posters were free to be ripped from the walls and taken home by anyone who wanted them at the end of a night. Urquhart’s drawings are somewhat awkward in nature, examining celebrity culture—our fascination with it and the unattainable ideals bound up with fame, and bringing the stars back into a more human realm.
Born in 1963, Dumfries, Scotland, Donald Urquhart currently lives and works in Paris, France. In 2012 Urquhart held the Cité International des Artes residency in Paris.
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