Thursday, June 13, 2024

Ian Davenport
(b. 1966) 

Ian Davenport is an English abstract painter and former Turner Prize nominee.
Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup. He studied art at Northwich College of Art and Design, in Cheshire, and then at Goldsmiths College, from where he graduated in 1988. The same year he exhibited in the Freeze exhibition at Surrey Docks organised by Damien Hirst. In 1990 Davenport's first solo show was held at Waddington Galleries and he was included in the British Art Show. In 1991, he was nominated for the annual Turner Prize. In 1999, he had a solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts and was a prizewinner at the John Moores exhibition 21 in Liverpool.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Davenport_(artist)



Poured Lines: Light Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Red
1995
Household paint on canvas
213 x 213 cm
British High Commission, Singapore
https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/artwork/17313/

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