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| Simon Patterson
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Simon Patterson was born in Leatherhead, Surrey in 1967. He studied at Hertfordshire College of Art and Design and Goldsmiths College, London 1985-1989. He was included in Damien Hirst's exhibition 'Freeze' in 1989 and in the same year had his first solo exhibition at the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow. He has exhibited widely and in 1993 was included in the Aperto section of the Venice Biennale. In 1996 Patterson was nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London for his solo exhibitions at the Lisson Gallery, London and the Gandy Gallery in Prague. He had a solo exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh in 2005. He lives and works in London.
Simon Patterson is interested in the representation of objects and the information we use on a daily basis. In his work ' Wild Bill Hickock (Gunmen)' 1996 Patterson enlarges a slide rule, a calculating device which has been replaced by the digital calculator. It is part of a series of giant slide rules which are inscribed with the names of Wild West gunmen, 'Billy the Kid', 'Bat Masterson', 'Wild Bill Hickock' and 'Jesse James'. The names are an absurd juxtaposition and change the notion of measuring or calculating. Patterson often uses the visual vocabulary of childhood and classroom objects in his work as well as information systems such as maps, diagrams and constellation charts. One of his best known works is 'The Great Bear' 1992, in which he replaced the names of stations on the London Underground map with names of philosophers, film stars, explorers, saints and celebrities. By transforming authoritative data with his own associations, Patterson challenges existing rationales and humorously subverts the systems which order our lives. |
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