Nigel Cooke
Nigel Cooke (born 1973 in Manchester, England, UK) is a British painter who currently lives and works in Kent.[1]
Life and career
Nigel Cooke attended Nottingham Trent University at Undergraduate level (1991–1994) before completing a M.A at The Royal College of Art, London (1995–1997) and PHD from Goldsmiths (1998–2004).[1] He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.[2]
Artistic Practice
Nigel Cooke’s paintings depict carnivalesque figures set within harsh landscapes that are littered with urban decay.[3] The paintings imply a strong sense of foreboding both through the depicted forms such as skulls and derelict buildings and also through his use of colour which often features bilious toxic greens.[3] The paintings develop and change over a protracted period of time and are built up though many layers of oil paint.[4] The paintings often balance different languages of paint within the same canvas.[3] Vast areas of colour are combined with obsessively detailed figuration and in recent works Cooke has incorporated large sweeping gestural marks into his compositions.[5]
Collections
Cooke's work has been exhibited internationally and features in major museum collections including
Literature
- Darian Leader, Tony Godfrey, Marie Darrieussecq, Nigel Cooke, Phaidon, London, 2016
- Michael Bracewell, Martin Herbert, Nigel Cooke, Walter König, Cologne, 2011
References
- ^ a b "Pace Gallery - Nigel Cooke - Documents". Pace Gallery. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Painting Staff". Royal College of Art. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Nigel Cooke- Artforum written by Barry Schwabsky" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2014.
- ^ Tate. "Art Now: Nigel Cooke - Exhibition at Tate Britain | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "M. Phinney, Art Observed" (PDF).
External links
- http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/563/nigel-cooke
- https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/nigel-cooke
- http://nigelcooke.net/
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