Full Name Clive Barker Role Artist Grandchildren Coral Barker Name Clive Barker Children Ras Barker | Movement Pop art Known for Sculpture Nationality British Period Pop art | |
 | ||
Born 1940 Luton, Bedfordshire Notable work Splash, 1967
Sir Peter Thomas Blake, 1983 People also search for Ras Barker, Tad Barker, Clive Barker , Coral Barker, Alison Ruffelle, Sylvia Young | ||
Clive barker abarat the artist s passion full version
Clive Barker (born 1940, Luton, Bedfordshire) is a famous British pop artist. His work is present in private and museum collections including the National Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, the British Museum in London, the National Portrait Gallery in London, Tate in London, Städtische Kunsthalle in Mannheim, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C..
Contents
- Clive barker abarat the artist s passion full version
- Art of clive barker
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Art of clive barker
Career
Barker was a student at Luton College of Technology and Art from 1957 until he left the course in 1959 and went to work on the assembly line at the Vauxhall Motors car factory in Luton for 18 months. While at Vauxhall, Barker realised the potential of sculptural qualities of industrially-finished objects, particularly in leather and chrome plated metal. The influence of chrome was a lasting one, leading Barker not only to apply chrome finishes but also to work primarily in polished cast metals for the rest of his life.
His first one-man shows were held at the Robert Fraser Gallery in 1968 and at the Hanover Gallery in 1969. Through the 1970s, Barker's work was exhibited at high-profile galleries in London including Anthony d'Offay and in mainland Europe at Bruno Bischofberger and the Baukunst Galerie. During the 1980s and 1990s, Barker was included in numerous surveys and international exhibitions of Pop Art. In 2002 a catalogue raisonné on his work was published.
Barker is the subject of two photographic portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection.
Personal life
Barker lives in Hampstead. He has two sons, Tad and Ras, from his marriage to artist Rose Bruen.
