Roelof Louw: British Sculpture since - Softcover
Roelof Louw: British Sculpture since
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Prof Joy Sleeman
- Professor of Art History and Theory, History and Theory of Art, Director of Research
Biography
I studied History of Art at UCL () and have a PhD from the University of Leeds (Department of Fine Art, ). I have taught art history and theory at the Slade since From I was Faculty Graduate Tutor for Arts & Humanities. My current role at the Slade is as Director of Research.
My history of academic appointment includes a year as Henry Moore Fellow in the History of Sculpture in the History of Art Department at UCL () and, from , as visiting professor of the history of sculpture at the University of Lincoln.
I was on the editorial board of the Sculpture Journal () and have been a member of AICA (international association of art critics) since
My career has been spent mostly in departments of fine art and working alongside practising artists. I write, curate and lecture on aspects of land art and sculpture for a broad constituency that includes the public audiences of art galleries, museums and other arts organisations as well as academic contexts. I have a strong commitment to public engagement and communicating and developing scholarship
Roelof Louw's sculptural and photographic works are characterised by their interactive element, with many pieces, specifically those from the s and s, being site-specific as well as audience-specific. His sculptures and installations in particular utilised a variety of materials, from wooden slats, cast-iron wedges, scaffolding poles, rope, neon, industrial rubber bands, rolled-up lead sheets or tape recorders documenting the movements of viewers around a space. Perhaps best known for his work Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) () – a pyramid of oranges in which he encouraged visitors to consume the fruit thereby destroying the artwork – his work wass directed toward developing a new understanding and definition of sculpture (although he resolutely denied its definition as such).
Born in South Africa, Louw moved to London in Working in London, New York and Cape Town, he participated in some of the most important moments in 20th century sculpture and exhibited in landmark exhibitions such as 'When Attitudes Become Form' at Kunsthalle Bern (), which later travelled to the ICA in London, and ', at Vancouver Art Gallery' (), curated by Lu
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Sculptor, painter, installations artist and teacher, born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at the university there, emigrated to England in and adopted British citizenship, Worked in an architectural office in London and studied under Anthony Caro at St Martin’s School of Art, –5. He taught at St Martin’s, Maidstone School of Art and Royal College of Art between –71; settled in New York, ; was a visiting lecturer, Victoria University, British Columbia, –7, and visiting artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, –8. Louw showed at Young Contemporaries from ; Kasmin Gallery, ; Stockwell Depot Show and Survey ’ Abstract Sculpture, at Camden Arts Centre, both ; also abroad.
In a project at Art Laboratory in Louw made a pyramid of 5, oranges and a cone of 9½ tons of black granite chippings. The oranges were reduced over two weeks as the public removed parts of the exhibit. Solo shows also included Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, ; and Nigel Greenwood and Whitechapel Art Galleries, In he received a prize in the sculpture competition Waterfront Project, Jane Street Pier, New York. Louw estab
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