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David Harrison | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Saint Martin's School of Art |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
| Website | www |
David Harrison (born 1954) is an English artist living and working in London. and is represented by Victoria Miro. [1]
Harrison received his BA from Saint Martin's School of Art in 1984. [2] [3] Malcolm McLaren invited him to front the music projects The Sex Pistols and Masters of the Backside, with Chrissie Hynde and David Vanian, around this time. [4] His work was shown in the East End Gallery at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2004, and his first one-man exhibition was at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London in 2005. [5] A solo show, Green and Pleasant Land, was held at the Daniel Reich Gallery in New York in 2009. [6]
A book, David Harrison, was published in 2009 by Philip Wilson Publishers, with a foreword by Lucinda Lambton, an essay by Alistair Robinson, director of The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, and an interview with Peter Doig. [7] [8]
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