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| John Blake |
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| Untitled (Bone Box) 1994 double lightbox construction, 168 x 80 x 40 cm + base |
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| John Blake was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, in 1945. He studied painting at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and at Yale University (Norfolk Program) receiving his BFA in 1967. He continued his studies in London at the Royal College of Art (MA/RCA,1969). Since that time he has remained living and working primarily in Europe, first based in London then, since the mid-80s, in The Netherlands. His mixed-media work since the late sixties has encompassed site-related installations, photo-constructions, drawing and sculpture, dia-projections and films, as well as permanently sited works in recent years. |
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| His work has been represented in various group shows internationally, and solo exhibitions and projects have included, among others: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford UK, 1973; PS1 (Institute for Art & Urban Resources) NYC, 1977; ICA (Institute for Contemporary Arts), London, 1980; de Vleeshal, Middelburg NL, 1983; de Appel, Amsterdam NL, 1986; Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw PL, 1993; Kunstbunker Tumulka, Munich D, 1996. |
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| He has recently completed a new public work - DE HALS 'kunsthalte' / RET - for the 'museum quarter' in Rotterdam, as well as a second collaboration with Tangram Architekten, his (multiple) contributions integrated into their DUKAAT project, a large residential and shopping complex in Osdorp, Amsterdam. |
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| At present he is collaborating with the author and cultural anthropologist Peter Mason (Deconstructing America: Representations of the Other, RKP, 1990; Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic, JHU, 1998, etc.) on a publication to be titled S-P-I-N-E, representing their work's production as individual paths containing parallel directions, to be published this forthcoming year, in Santiago de Chile. Other books on John Blake's works have included: Ich Oczy; 600 Eyes for Krzysztofory (1987), RIVER (1991), GUARD, Camiel van Winkel (1991); Wtedy i Teraz: Works in Poland 1980-1994, Anna Maria Potocka (1996); BUNKER, Peter Mason (1996): DE HALS, Lieven de Cauter (2000). |
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