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Vincent (after Kirk Douglas) (2012)

Mel Brimfield

digital print on Dibond

Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University The Harris, Preston

Vincent (after Kirk Douglas) (2012)

© Mel Brimfield. Photo credit: courtesy the artist and Ceri Hand Gallery

Details

Classification:

Photograph

Materials:

Digital print, Dibond

Dimensions:

20.5 x 30.5 cm

Credit:

Presented by the Art Fund and the Contemporary Art Society, 2014

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Ceri Hand Gallery by the Contemporary Art Society with the Art Fund's Testing Media initiative, 2013; presented to the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and Peter Scott Gallery Charitable Trust, Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, 2014

Mel Brimfield’s wide-ranging multimedia works draw on photography, experimental theatre, writing and painting to build alternative realities, using fake documents and records to bring to life a universe populated by Brimfield’s performances and collaborations with other artists.

Brimfield’s works were acquired through Testing Media, an Art Fund initiative set up with the Contemporary Art Society to support the acquisition of contemporary art in new or challenging media. Nineteen works have been acquired that highlight key moments in Brimfield’s career, from collaborative films created for past performances and meticulously drawn and painted posters for imaginary erotic magazines about Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, to five photographs recreating moments in the life of Jackson Pollock from the perspective of the canvas, a filmed music hall performance starring a fictional raconteur, and posters anticipating her 2015 exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.

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