Liam Gillick

Liam Gillick (1964, Aylesbury, United Kingdom) studied at the Hertfordshire College of Art, Hatfield, United Kingdom (1983-84) and obtained a BA at the Goldsmiths College, University of London, United Kingdom (1984-87). Liam Gillick works on the structures and architectures that surround us and shape our behaviour. His pieces, apparently functional, are potential spaces to question, by means of humour, their utility, the function of art in present day societies, transforming them into places of reflection, debate and discussion. He was distinguished with the Paul Cassirer Kunstpreis, Berlin, Germany (1998), and was nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate, London (2002) and the Vincent Award, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland (2008). Gillick has an extensive curriculum of solo exhibitions, among which: Liam Gillick: Some significant equations, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia (2019); the light is no brighter at the centre…, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lituania (2017); Liam Gillick: Campaign, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal (2016); How will you behave: A kitchen cat speaks, German Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Italy (2009); Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (2009); Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany (2008) / Witte de With, Rotterdam, Holland (2008) / Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland (2008); A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2005); Liam Gillick, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA (2004); Projects 79: Literally, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2003); The Wood Way, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2002). His work is represented in numerous museums such as Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Essi Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria; The Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA; MOMA, New York; Tate Modern, London and Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, among others.

 

PS, November 2020