KEITH ARNATT
1930-2008, United KingdomKeith Arnatt was one of the UK’s leading artists during the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960’s and 1970’s. His work from this period explores the range of possibilities of meaning and function within art, as well as considering how the perception of an artwork operates in relation to the act of creating a work. The artist’s extensive use of photography during this time was mainly to record works whose physicality was connected to specific contexts. From 1973, Arnatt began to develop a growing interest in the camera as an instrument for art making, adopting the camera as his primary tool for producing art rather than simply documenting it. The artist’s subsequent photographic series underscore his analytic method of working, and reveal an observational style influenced by his awareness of the typological preoccupations of artists and photographers such as Bernd and Hilla Becher.
Keith Arnatt (1930—2008). Selected solo exhibitions include Tate Britain, London, Sprüth Magers London (both 2013), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2009), The Photographers’ Gallery, London (1989, 2007), CAYC-Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires (1992), Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (1986) and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1977). Keith Arnatt participates in the XXI Bienal de São Paulo (1991). Selected group exhibitions include Tate Modern, London (2016), MOCA-Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2012), Henry MooreInstitute, Leeds, Royal Academy of Arts, London (both 2011), Tate Britain, London (2002, 2007), MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2009), Kunstmuseum Bern (2006), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2004), Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona (2003), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2001), Barbican Art Gallery, London (1990), MoMA-Museum of Modern Art, New York, Vancouver Art Gallery (both 1970), Hayward Gallery, London, Tate Gallery, London (both 1972), Seattle Art Museum and Camden Arts Centre, London (both 1969).
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