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Duggie Fields was born in [[Tidworth]], [[Wiltshire]] and grew up in the English countryside. He first came to notice in 1958, when he was 14, in the Summer Exhibition at the Bladon Gallery, [[Hurstbourne Tarrant]], while he was attending the nearby [[Andover Grammar School]].
Duggie Fields was born in [[Tidworth]], [[Wiltshire]] and grew up in the English countryside. He first came to notice in 1958, when he was 14, in the Summer Exhibition at the Bladon Gallery, [[Hurstbourne Tarrant]], while he was attending the nearby [[Andover Grammar School]].


Fields briefly studied architecture at [[University of Westminster|Regent Street Polytechnic]] before studying at the [[Chelsea College of Art and Design|Chelsea School of Art]] for four years starting in 1964. He left with a scholarship that took him on his first visit to the United States, in 1968. As a student, Fields' work progressed through minimal, conceptual and constructivist phases to a more hard-edged post-Pop figuration. His main influences were at that time [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Piet Mondrian|Mondrian]] and comic books, with a special regard for those worked on by [[Stan Lee]]. In 1968, after his US visit, Fields went to live in [[Earl's Court Square]] and shared a flat with [[Syd Barrett]], who had just left [[Pink Floyd]]. Fields continued to live in the same flat and work in Barrett's former room, using it as his [[atelier]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/syd-barrett-interviews/1982-actuel-magazine.html|title=Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - 1982 - Actuel Magazine|website=Brain-damage.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atagong.com/iggy/archives/2011/10/duggie-fields-much-more-than-a-roommate.html|title=Duggie Fields, much more than a room-mate|first=Felix|last=Atagong|website=Atagong.com}}</ref>
Fields briefly studied architecture at [[University of Westminster|Regent Street Polytechnic]] before studying at the [[Chelsea College of Art and Design|Chelsea School of Art]] for four years starting in 1964. He left with a scholarship that took him on his first visit to the United States, in 1968. As a student, Fields' work progressed through minimal, conceptual and constructivist phases to a more hard-edged post-Pop figuration. His main influences were at that time [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Piet Mondrian|Mondrian]] and comic books, with a special regard for those worked on by [[Stan Lee]]. In 1968, after his US visit, Fields went to live in [[Earl's Court Square]] and shared a flat with [[Syd Barrett]], who had just left [[Pink Floyd]]. Fields continued to live in the same flat and work in Barrett's former room, using it as his [[atelier]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/syd-barrett-interviews/1982-actuel-magazine.html|title=Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - 1982 - Actuel Magazine|website=Brain-damage.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sydbarrettpinkfloydesp.blogspot.com/2011/01/autoentrevista-duggie-fields.html|title=Autoentrevista - Duggie Fields - Mucho más que un compañero de piso|first=Antonio Jesús|last=Reyes|website=sydbarrettpinkfloydesp.blogspot.com}}</ref>


By the middle of the 1970s his work included many elements that were later defined as [[Postmodernism|Post-modernist]]. In one painting, [[Marilyn Monroe]] is shown with her head severed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/tea_with_duggie_fields|title=Tea With Duggie Fields|date=6 November 2010|website=DangerousMinds.net}}</ref> In 1983, Fields was invited to Tokyo by the Shiseido Corporation, where a gallery was created to show his paintings. For the occasion, the artist and his work were simultaneously featured in a television, magazine, billboard and subway advertising campaign throughout Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shiseido – 1983|url=http://www.theblitzkids.com/duggiefields/shiseido.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208233757/http://www.theblitzkids.com/duggiefields/shiseido.html|archive-date=8 December 2014|access-date=5 December 2014|website=The Blitz Kids}}</ref>
By the middle of the 1970s his work included many elements that were later defined as [[Postmodernism|Post-modernist]]. In one painting, [[Marilyn Monroe]] is shown with her head severed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/tea_with_duggie_fields|title=Tea With Duggie Fields|date=6 November 2010|website=DangerousMinds.net}}</ref> In 1983, Fields was invited to Tokyo by the Shiseido Corporation, where a gallery was created to show his paintings. For the occasion, the artist and his work were simultaneously featured in a television, magazine, billboard and subway advertising campaign throughout Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shiseido – 1983|url=http://www.theblitzkids.com/duggiefields/shiseido.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208233757/http://www.theblitzkids.com/duggiefields/shiseido.html|archive-date=8 December 2014|access-date=5 December 2014|website=The Blitz Kids}}</ref>

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Duggie Fields (6 August 1945 – 7 March 2021)[1] [2] [3] was a British artist who resided in Earls Court, London.

Biography

Duggie Fields was born in Tidworth, Wiltshire and grew up in the English countryside. He first came to notice in 1958, when he was 14, in the Summer Exhibition at the Bladon Gallery, Hurstbourne Tarrant, while he was attending the nearby Andover Grammar School.

Fields briefly studied architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic before studying at the Chelsea School of Art for four years starting in 1964. He left with a scholarship that took him on his first visit to the United States, in 1968. As a student, Fields' work progressed through minimal, conceptual and constructivist phases to a more hard-edged post-Pop figuration. His main influences were at that time Jackson Pollock, Mondrian and comic books, with a special regard for those worked on by Stan Lee. In 1968, after his US visit, Fields went to live in Earl's Court Square and shared a flat with Syd Barrett, who had just left Pink Floyd. Fields continued to live in the same flat and work in Barrett's former room, using it as his atelier.[4][5]

By the middle of the 1970s his work included many elements that were later defined as Post-modernist. In one painting, Marilyn Monroe is shown with her head severed.[6] In 1983, Fields was invited to Tokyo by the Shiseido Corporation, where a gallery was created to show his paintings. For the occasion, the artist and his work were simultaneously featured in a television, magazine, billboard and subway advertising campaign throughout Japan.[7]

In 2002, he designed posters for Transport for London.[8] In 2013, he was taken to Los Angeles by artist and benefactor Amanda Eliasch with fashion designer Pam Hogg for Opfashart, which Eliasch had put together for "Britweek".[9]

From 2013 to 2015, Fields worked for the preservation of Earls Court Exhibition Centre designed by architect Howard Crane and the surrounding area. The campaign was not successful but made people aware of the general decline of architecture in the London area.[10][11]

In 2016, Fields was celebrated by the British Film Institute FLARE with a collection of his videos.[12] The National Portrait Gallery, London holds two portraits of Fields, by photographers David Gwinnutt[13] and Chris Garnham[14].

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 1971 Hamet Gallery, London
  • 1972 Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
  • 1975 Kinsman-Morrison Gallery, London
  • 1979 Kyle Gallery, London
  • 1980 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Midland Group, Nottingham; New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh; Roundhouse Gallery, London
  • 1982 Spacex Gallery, Exeter; B2 Gallery, London
  • 1983 Shiseido Exhibition, Tokyo
  • 1987 Albermarle Gallery, London
  • 1991 Rempire Gallery, New York
  • 2000 Random Retrospective, DuggieFields.com

The Arts Council and University College London have examples of Fields' paintings in their collections.[15]

Selected group exhibitions

  • 1976 New London in New York, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
  • 1979 The Figurative Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London; Masks, The Ebury Gallery, London; Culture Shock, The Midland Group, Nottingham; Art and Artifice, B2 Gallery, London
  • 1983 Taste, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • 1984 The Male Nude, Homeworks Gallery, London
  • 1985 Image-Codes, Art about Fashion, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; VisualAid, Royal Academy, London
  • 1986 The Embellishment of the Statue of Liberty, Cooper Hewitt Museum/Barney's New York
  • 1987 Twenty Artists Twenty Techniques, Albemarle Gallery, London
  • 1989 Fashion and Surrealism, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • 1988 Het Mannelisknaakt, Gallery Bruns, Amsterdam, St. Judes Gallery, London
  • 1990 Universal Language, Rempire Gallery, New York
  • 1993 Tranche d'Art Contemporain Anglais, Tutesaal, Luxembourg
  • 1998 Exquisite Corpse, Jibby Beane, London
  • 1999 Art 1999, Jibby Beane, London; Flesh, Blains Fine Art, London Nerve, I.C.A. London
  • 2000 Art 2000, Jibby Beane, London Up & Co., New York

References

  1. ^ Biography, Duggiefields.com
  2. ^ Hodgkinson, Will. "The great Duggie Fields, who lived his life as pop art, died today". Twitter. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ Daily Telegraph, obituary, published 10 March 2021
  4. ^ "Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - 1982 - Actuel Magazine". Brain-damage.co.uk.
  5. ^ Reyes, Antonio Jesús. "Autoentrevista - Duggie Fields - Mucho más que un compañero de piso". sydbarrettpinkfloydesp.blogspot.com.
  6. ^ "Tea With Duggie Fields". DangerousMinds.net. 6 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Shiseido – 1983". The Blitz Kids. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  8. ^ "8 Facts about artist Duggie Fields you need to know". Gq-magazine.co.uk.
  9. ^ "old_hollywood_celebrates_britweek_2013_230413". Contactmusic.com. 24 April 2013.
  10. ^ "earls court – Sometimes………..DUGGIE FIELDS". Duggiefields.wordpress.com.
  11. ^ "Duggie Fields: Listed Londoner speaks out against 'regeneration'". Paulgormanis.com.
  12. ^ "BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival 30th anniversary programme announced". British Film Institute. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  13. ^ "NPG x199661; Duggie Fields - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ^ "NPG x38108; Duggie Fields - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ Duggie Fields paintings, Artuk.org. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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