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He studied at the [[Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design]] of the [[University of Dundee]] in 1960-65. 1966-68 he received his [[Master of Fine Arts]] from the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]], [[Chicago]]. He now is Emeritus Professor in [[Fine Art]], [[University of Ulster]] in Belfast, [[Honorary title (academic)|Honorary]] Fellow of the [[Dartington College of Arts]], [[Devon]], and Honorary Associate of the [[National Review of Live Art]], [[Glasgow]]. He retired fomr his professorship in 2008 and continues as Emeritus professor for Fine Art, University of Ulster, |
He studied at the [[Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design]] of the [[University of Dundee]] in 1960-65. 1966-68 he received his [[Master of Fine Arts]] from the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]], [[Chicago]]. He now is Emeritus Professor in [[Fine Art]], [[University of Ulster]] in Belfast, [[Honorary title (academic)|Honorary]] Fellow of the [[Dartington College of Arts]], [[Devon]], and Honorary Associate of the [[National Review of Live Art]], [[Glasgow]]. He retired fomr his professorship in 2008 and continues as Emeritus professor for Fine Art, University of Ulster, |
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MacLennan’s live work is prevailingly long durational. Early on Maclennan decided never to contract with a gallery or commercial dealer formally. He believed his art is a spiritual practise where the artist shares the whole process with the public who experience the process as it is created, not just an artwork but a process of exploration and discovery. There should be no seperation between the process and the making and the final result; it mjust remain all one. In later years Maclennan evolved a practise informed by Zen insights. Maclennan has a worldwide following among artists, critics, and art historians. One outcome of how Maclennan's practise is that he did not build relationships with museums. The Ulster Museum has 129 works on paper. During the 1970s and 1980s he |
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MacLennan’s live work is prevailingly long durational. During the 1970s and 1980s he |
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presented long durational performances in Britain and America, of up to 144 hours. His work looks into political, social, religious, ethical and aesthetical questions. He has performed since 1972 more than 600 art performances in countries across the world, in galleries, museums, festivals and public spaces. His most recent performances were in the 2017 Edinburgh Festival at Summerhall alongside his second retrospective of works on paper and objects and installations relating to his performances and a catalogue entitled Air a Lair. His first retrospective was at The Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast with a catalogue publication called Knot Knot, 1997. |
presented long durational performances in Britain and America, of up to 144 hours. His work looks into political, social, religious, ethical and aesthetical questions. He has performed since 1972 more than 600 art performances in countries across the world, in galleries, museums, festivals and public spaces. His most recent performances were in the 2017 Edinburgh Festival at Summerhall alongside his second retrospective of works on paper and objects and installations relating to his performances and a catalogue entitled Air a Lair. His first retrospective was at The Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast with a catalogue publication called Knot Knot, 1997. |
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Revision as of 12:14, 22 September 2017
Alastair MacLennan (born 1943 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland) is one of Britain’s major practitioners of live art. Since 1975, he is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a founder member of Belfast’s Art and Research Exchange. He is member of the performance art collective Black Market International (BMI).[1]
He studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design of the University of Dundee in 1960-65. 1966-68 he received his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. He now is Emeritus Professor in Fine Art, University of Ulster in Belfast, Honorary Fellow of the Dartington College of Arts, Devon, and Honorary Associate of the National Review of Live Art, Glasgow. He retired fomr his professorship in 2008 and continues as Emeritus professor for Fine Art, University of Ulster,
MacLennan’s live work is prevailingly long durational. Early on Maclennan decided never to contract with a gallery or commercial dealer formally. He believed his art is a spiritual practise where the artist shares the whole process with the public who experience the process as it is created, not just an artwork but a process of exploration and discovery. There should be no seperation between the process and the making and the final result; it mjust remain all one. In later years Maclennan evolved a practise informed by Zen insights. Maclennan has a worldwide following among artists, critics, and art historians. One outcome of how Maclennan's practise is that he did not build relationships with museums. The Ulster Museum has 129 works on paper. During the 1970s and 1980s he presented long durational performances in Britain and America, of up to 144 hours. His work looks into political, social, religious, ethical and aesthetical questions. He has performed since 1972 more than 600 art performances in countries across the world, in galleries, museums, festivals and public spaces. His most recent performances were in the 2017 Edinburgh Festival at Summerhall alongside his second retrospective of works on paper and objects and installations relating to his performances and a catalogue entitled Air a Lair. His first retrospective was at The Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast with a catalogue publication called Knot Knot, 1997.
For his performances and installations, he uses the term “Actuations”.[2]
