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Dexter Dalwood
The artist Dexter Dalwood focuses on his relationship with the paintings of English artists in our collection. Through paintings by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner and others he talks about what English art means to him.
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About the artist
Dexter Dalwood was born in Bristol, England, in 1960. He studied at Saint Martins School of Art, London from 1981 to 1985 and then at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1988 to 1989. Dexter Dalwood’s paintings and prints are collages of visual imagery from art history, personal memory and political and cultural events from the past. His work reinterprets the genre of history painting for a contemporary audience. He lives and works in Mexico City.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Lisson Gallery (until 14 December 2024), Centro de las Artes San Agustín, Oaxaca (2022); Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City (2021); Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna (2017); Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong (2021, 2016); Simon Lee Gallery, London (2019, 2014); Centre Pasqu’Art, Biel, Switzerland (2013); David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen (2012); Nolan Judin Gallery, Berlin (2011); and a major retrospective at FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, CAC Malaga and Tate St Ives, for which Dalwood was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010.
About the paintings
Find out more about the paintings on display in Central Hall and Room 34
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