Ivor Davies: Working with Metzger

Gustav Metzger: The Conscience of the Art World
International symposium with Mathieu Copeland, Ivor Davies, Elizabeth Fisher, Andrea Gregson, Stewart Home, Pontus Kyander, Emma Ridgway, Eva Scharrer, Sören Schmeling, Helen Phillips and John Plant.

Friday 26 January 2018, 10:30 - 18:00
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Presented by West Den Haag
More info: westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/17_11_Gustav_Metzger_II
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Ivor Davies (1935) studied painting at Cardiff. Early 'happenings', 1954. Edinburgh University PhD on Russian Art, 1975. Lecturer in History of Modern Period, School of Art History, Edinburgh University, 1963-78. Head of Department of Cultural Studies, Newport, 1978-88. Numerous academic art historical writings, books, papers, reviews. Founding Curator Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh University, 1970-78. Met Metzger 1965; helped formulate DIAS 1966: read three papers, chaired most sessions. Performances for DIAS and elsewhere (many filmed),1964-70. Pioneer explosive art in Britain. Recent performances include 'Pyrogenesis' (remake of explosives organ) 2016; 'Ancient Mariner Not an Opera', 2016. About 100 joint exhibitions, about 60 solo exhibitions. Founding member of Beca, since 1980s. After mixed exhibitions, including Tate and Wolfsburg, solo exhibitions include largest exhibition ever presented in Wales, at the National Museum of Wales, 1915-16.

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