Edward Allington: Difference between revisions
Mitch Ames (talk | contribs) |
Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 1 as dead. #IABot (v1.6.1) (Balon Greyjoy) |
||
Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
Born at Troutbeck Bridge, [[Westmorland]], Allington studied at Lancaster College of Art from 1968 to 1971, at the [[Central School of Art and Design]] in London from 1971 to 1974<ref name=hughes>Henry Meyric Hughes (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=P6NPAAAAMAAJ ''Blast to freeze: British art in the 20th century'']. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz; New York: Distributed Art Publishers. {{ISBN|9783775712484}}. p. 328. Retrieved August 2013.</ref> and at the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1983 to 1984. He was a fellow at [[Exeter College of Art and Design]] 1975–77. He won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Prize in 1989, was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at [[University of Leeds]] 1991–93 and Research Fellow in Sculpture at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]] in 1993. He received a fine art award to work at the [[British School at Rome]] in 1997. |
Born at Troutbeck Bridge, [[Westmorland]], Allington studied at Lancaster College of Art from 1968 to 1971, at the [[Central School of Art and Design]] in London from 1971 to 1974<ref name=hughes>Henry Meyric Hughes (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=P6NPAAAAMAAJ ''Blast to freeze: British art in the 20th century'']. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz; New York: Distributed Art Publishers. {{ISBN|9783775712484}}. p. 328. Retrieved August 2013.</ref> and at the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1983 to 1984. He was a fellow at [[Exeter College of Art and Design]] 1975–77. He won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Prize in 1989, was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at [[University of Leeds]] 1991–93 and Research Fellow in Sculpture at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]] in 1993. He received a fine art award to work at the [[British School at Rome]] in 1997. |
||
[[File:1-allington deluxe vase.JPG|thumb|Deluxe vase made whilst a fellow at Exeter College of Art and Design in 1976]] |
[[File:1-allington deluxe vase.JPG|thumb|Deluxe vase made whilst a fellow at Exeter College of Art and Design in 1976]] |
||
His work was included in the group exhibition 'Objects and Sculpture' at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in 1981 and 'The Sculpture Show' at [[The Hayward]] Gallery 1983. He exhibited widely in America, Japan and Europe.<ref>[http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/EdwardAllington Edward Allington | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE]</ref> |
His work was included in the group exhibition 'Objects and Sculpture' at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in 1981 and 'The Sculpture Show' at [[The Hayward]] Gallery 1983. He exhibited widely in America, Japan and Europe.<ref>[http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/EdwardAllington Edward Allington | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315194243/http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/EdwardAllington |date=15 March 2007 }}</ref> |
||
Allington's work was influenced by his interest in the classical world of Greece and Rome and often included references to architectural details and ancient artefacts.<ref name="JesusCam">{{cite web |url=http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/news/sculpture/03allington.html |title=Edward Allington |accessdate=30 March 2007 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401144837/http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/news/sculpture/03allington.html |archivedate=1 April 2007 |df= }}. Jesus College, Cambridge. Archived 1 April 2007.</ref> |
Allington's work was influenced by his interest in the classical world of Greece and Rome and often included references to architectural details and ancient artefacts.<ref name="JesusCam">{{cite web |url=http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/news/sculpture/03allington.html |title=Edward Allington |accessdate=30 March 2007 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401144837/http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/news/sculpture/03allington.html |archivedate=1 April 2007 |df= }}. Jesus College, Cambridge. Archived 1 April 2007.</ref> |
||
His illusionistic drawings were often created on found ledgers and used [[oblique projection]].<ref name="cas">{{Cite web |url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/artist-members/edward-allington/ |title=Edward Allington |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> |
His illusionistic drawings were often created on found ledgers and used [[oblique projection]].<ref name="cas">{{Cite web |url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/artist-members/edward-allington/ |title=Edward Allington |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> |
||
He exhibited in museums and art galleries throughout the world and is represented in major national and international collections.<ref>[http://london.art49.com/art49/art49london.nsf/0/76C9C953FDA3FC67C1257142006DD3A5?openDocument art49.com – Exhibitions Calendar for modern and contemporary art in London<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
He exhibited in museums and art galleries throughout the world and is represented in major national and international collections.<ref>[http://london.art49.com/art49/art49london.nsf/0/76C9C953FDA3FC67C1257142006DD3A5?openDocument art49.com – Exhibitions Calendar for modern and contemporary art in London<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211213238/http://london.art49.com/art49/art49london.nsf/0/76C9C953FDA3FC67C1257142006DD3A5?openDocument |date=11 February 2007 }}</ref> |
||
Allington lived and worked in London and was a Professor and Head of Graduate Sculpture at [[Slade School of Fine Art]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/profile/EALLI00 |title=The Slade School of Fine Art: Prof Edward Allington |publisher=University College London |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}</ref> at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], [[University College London]]. |
Allington lived and worked in London and was a Professor and Head of Graduate Sculpture at [[Slade School of Fine Art]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/profile/EALLI00 |title=The Slade School of Fine Art: Prof Edward Allington |publisher=University College London |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}</ref> at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], [[University College London]]. |
||
[[File:Ramsbottom Tilted Vase 010405.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Edward Allington's sculpture "Tilted Vase" in the centre of Ramsbottom]] |
[[File:Ramsbottom Tilted Vase 010405.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Edward Allington's sculpture "Tilted Vase" in the centre of Ramsbottom]] |
||
Line 43: | Line 43: | ||
==Public works== |
==Public works== |
||
*Fallen Pediment (Piano) 1994 [[Cass Sculpture Foundation]], Goodwood, [[West Sussex]]<ref>{{cite web |url= |
*Fallen Pediment (Piano) 1994 [[Cass Sculpture Foundation]], Goodwood, [[West Sussex]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sculpture.org.uk/sculpture/534/fallen-pediment-piano |title=Fallen Pediment (Piano) by Edward Allington | CASS Sculpture Foundation |publisher=sculpture.org.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=10 December 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214005413/http://www.sculpture.org.uk/sculpture/534/fallen-pediment-piano |archivedate=14 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
||
*The Tilted Vase 1998 [[Ramsbottom]] [[Greater Manchester]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyke|first=Terry|title=Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester|year=2004|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=0-85323-567-8|page=265}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-BUR16.htm |title=Tilted Vase |accessdate=3 January 2012 |publisher=Public Monument and Sculpture Association }}</ref> |
*The Tilted Vase 1998 [[Ramsbottom]] [[Greater Manchester]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyke|first=Terry|title=Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester|year=2004|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=0-85323-567-8|page=265}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-BUR16.htm |title=Tilted Vase |accessdate=3 January 2012 |publisher=Public Monument and Sculpture Association }}</ref> |
||
*Three Doors, One Entrance 1999 [[Milton Keynes Theatre]] foyer. [[Milton Keynes]]<ref>[http://www.artpointtrust.org.uk/projects/image.asp?image_id=29 Artpoint: Projects<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
*Three Doors, One Entrance 1999 [[Milton Keynes Theatre]] foyer. [[Milton Keynes]]<ref>[http://www.artpointtrust.org.uk/projects/image.asp?image_id=29 Artpoint: Projects<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
||
*Cochlea 2000 [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]<ref name="JesusCam" /> |
*Cochlea 2000 [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]<ref name="JesusCam" /> |
||
*The Algorithm 2005 [[University College Hospital]], London<ref>[http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/New+developments/New+University+College+Hospital/Slade+art+programme+at+UCH.htm UCLH Internet – New developments – New University College Hospital – Slade art programme<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
*The Algorithm 2005 [[University College Hospital]], London<ref>[http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/New+developments/New+University+College+Hospital/Slade+art+programme+at+UCH.htm UCLH Internet – New developments – New University College Hospital – Slade art programme<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
||
==Publications== |
==Publications== |
Revision as of 16:25, 10 January 2018
Edward Allington | |
---|---|
Born | Edward Thomas Allington 24 June 1951 Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland |
Died | 21 September 2017 | (aged 66)
Education | Lancaster College of Art, Central School of Art and Design, Royal College of Art |
Edward Thomas Allington (24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017)[1] was an English artist and sculptor, best known for his part in the 1980s New British Sculpture movement.[2]
Born at Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland, Allington studied at Lancaster College of Art from 1968 to 1971, at the Central School of Art and Design in London from 1971 to 1974[3] and at the Royal College of Art from 1983 to 1984. He was a fellow at Exeter College of Art and Design 1975–77. He won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Prize in 1989, was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at University of Leeds 1991–93 and Research Fellow in Sculpture at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1993. He received a fine art award to work at the British School at Rome in 1997.
His work was included in the group exhibition 'Objects and Sculpture' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1981 and 'The Sculpture Show' at The Hayward Gallery 1983. He exhibited widely in America, Japan and Europe.[4]
Allington's work was influenced by his interest in the classical world of Greece and Rome and often included references to architectural details and ancient artefacts.[5] His illusionistic drawings were often created on found ledgers and used oblique projection.[6] He exhibited in museums and art galleries throughout the world and is represented in major national and international collections.[7] Allington lived and worked in London and was a Professor and Head of Graduate Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art[8] at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.
Major collections
- The Tate Gallery[9]
- The Victoria and Albert Museum
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art
- The Nagoya Prefectural Museum, Japan
- Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
Public works
- Fallen Pediment (Piano) 1994 Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex[10]
- The Tilted Vase 1998 Ramsbottom Greater Manchester[11][12]
- Three Doors, One Entrance 1999 Milton Keynes Theatre foyer. Milton Keynes[13]
- Cochlea 2000 Jesus College, Cambridge[5]
- The Algorithm 2005 University College Hospital, London[14]
Publications
- Edward Allington. (1983). Edward Allington: Drawing towards sculpture. Lisson Gallery.
- Edward Allington. (1984). In Pursuit of Savage Luxury. Midland Group.
- Edward Allington. (1985). Edward Allington: Bronzes & drawings. Lisson Gallery London. ISBN 978-0947830038.
- Edward Allington. (1999). Method for Sorting Cows: Essays 1993–97. Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art. ISBN 978-1900756037.
- Edward Allington. (2003). Edward Allington Site Projects. Bury Art Gallery & Museum. ISBN 978-0953891528.
- Edward Allington. (2005). Re Views: Artists and Public Space. Black Dog Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1904772200.
References
- ^ "EDWARD ALLINGTON 24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Edward Allington (1951 – )". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Henry Meyric Hughes (2002). Blast to freeze: British art in the 20th century. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz; New York: Distributed Art Publishers. ISBN 9783775712484. p. 328. Retrieved August 2013.
- ^ Edward Allington | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE Archived 15 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Edward Allington". Archived from the original on 1 April 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|deadurl=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help). Jesus College, Cambridge. Archived 1 April 2007. - ^ "Edward Allington". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ art49.com – Exhibitions Calendar for modern and contemporary art in London Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Slade School of Fine Art: Prof Edward Allington". University College London. 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Tate Collection | Ideal Standard Forms by Edward Allington
- ^ "Fallen Pediment (Piano) by Edward Allington | CASS Sculpture Foundation". sculpture.org.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|deadurl=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ Wyke, Terry (2004). Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-85323-567-8.
- ^ "Tilted Vase". Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Artpoint: Projects
- ^ UCLH Internet – New developments – New University College Hospital – Slade art programme[permanent dead link ]
External links
- 1951 births
- 2017 deaths
- Academics of the Slade School of Art
- Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design
- Alumni of the Royal College of Art
- English sculptors
- English male sculptors
- 20th-century British sculptors
- British male sculptors
- 21st-century sculptors
- People from Windermere, Cumbria
- English contemporary artists