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This text is a survey of the work of British sculptor, Richard Deacon, from 1972 to 1994, including sculptures, installations, drawings and models. The book presents Deacon's works photographed in his studio, in galleries around the world, and in public sites in Europe, Japan and America. Pier Luigi Tazzi explores key themes in contemporary sculpture from a European perspective; Jon Thompson provides a survey of the artist's key works over the last 15 years; Peter Schjeldahl focuses on a work called Keeping the Faith; and Deacon selects a text by Mary Douglas on the meaning of dirt.
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An extensive look at the formally inventive, Turner Prize-winning sculptor.
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Richard Deacon
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The British sculptor Richard Deacon is one of the significant and innovative sculptors of our time. Characteristic for his unusual vocabulary of forms are the amorphous volumes, the intertwined serpentine lines and dynamic configurations that are - as Deacon says - full of the movement of the ocean.