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'''Barrie Cook''' is an abstract artist living and working on The Lizard in Cornwall.<ref>http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Barrie_Cook_Alex_Wade.htm</ref> As well as exhibiting in Truro regularly,<ref>http://www.westbriton.co.uk/truth-illusion-blur/story-11398445-detail/story.html</ref> his works are held in national collections including Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The Arts Council & the Government Art Collection.<ref>{{Art UK bio}}</ref> He taught at Coventry College of Art, Cardiff College of Art, Birmingham Polytechnic and the University of Wales.He was Head of Department at Stourbridge College of Art on the 1970s |
'''Barrie Cook''' is an abstract artist living and working on The Lizard in Cornwall.<ref>http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Barrie_Cook_Alex_Wade.htm</ref> As well as exhibiting in Truro regularly,<ref>http://www.westbriton.co.uk/truth-illusion-blur/story-11398445-detail/story.html{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> his works are held in national collections including Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The Arts Council & the Government Art Collection.<ref>{{Art UK bio}}</ref> He taught at Coventry College of Art, Cardiff College of Art, Birmingham Polytechnic and the University of Wales.He was Head of Department at Stourbridge College of Art on the 1970s |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Artworks in notable collections: |
Artworks in notable collections: |
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Government Art Collection Hot Rod, 1977 and No. 2 Untitled 1976<ref>http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=26849</ref> |
Government Art Collection Hot Rod, 1977 and No. 2 Untitled 1976<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=26849 |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203753/http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=26849 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Tate Gallery Painting, 1970<ref>http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cook-painting-t01576</ref> |
Tate Gallery Painting, 1970<ref>http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cook-painting-t01576</ref> |
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Birmingham Gallery of Art Dean, 1977,<ref>http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1987P1</ref> |
Birmingham Gallery of Art Dean, 1977,<ref>http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1987P1</ref> |
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MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) Wales is on until November 2015<ref>http://mwtcymru.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/exhibition-of-barrie-cooks-work-opens.html</ref> |
MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) Wales is on until November 2015<ref>http://mwtcymru.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/exhibition-of-barrie-cooks-work-opens.html</ref> |
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Cook is listed on the Cornwall Artist Index,<ref>http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/barrie-cook</ref> review of his last exhibition in London <ref>http://www.1883magazine.com/art-exhibitions/art-exhibition/barrie-cook</ref> |
Cook is listed on the Cornwall Artist Index,<ref>http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/barrie-cook</ref> review of his last exhibition in London <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1883magazine.com/art-exhibitions/art-exhibition/barrie-cook |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194517/http://www.1883magazine.com/art-exhibitions/art-exhibition/barrie-cook |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 06:48, 27 June 2020
Barrie Cook is an abstract artist living and working on The Lizard in Cornwall.[1] As well as exhibiting in Truro regularly,[2] his works are held in national collections including Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The Arts Council & the Government Art Collection.[3] He taught at Coventry College of Art, Cardiff College of Art, Birmingham Polytechnic and the University of Wales.He was Head of Department at Stourbridge College of Art on the 1970s
Biography
Born in Birmingham, in 1929, Cook served in the Army during World War II. He married Mary, in Birmingham in 1951 whilst a student at Birmingham College of Art (1949–1954). Cook began teaching immediately after leaving College. His final teaching post was at the University of Wales in Cardiff, he moved to Cornwall in 1992.[4]
Cook's influences include Rothko, Heron, Frost and Riley. He pioneered the use of air brushing as a painterly medium[5] and considers his paintings 'opportunity for meditation'.[6] Many paintings begin from photographs that capture play of light or movement. For example, work created whilst living in Cardiff was meant to represent the passing of car headlights through the well-lit area he lived in.[7] Many paintings are abstract patterns that could be considered 'Op Art' because of the hypnotising and disorienting effect they have on your eyesight. Cook often produces a series of works, one such was 'Continuum' 1967–1971 four paintings of which hung at the Serpentine Gallery forming an exhibition in 1988.[8]
Cook continues to work in his studio, a converted Chapel in Ruan Minor, Cornwall, every day. He will often re-visit older pieces experimenting with variations.
Artworks in notable collections: Government Art Collection Hot Rod, 1977 and No. 2 Untitled 1976[9] Tate Gallery Painting, 1970[10] Birmingham Gallery of Art Dean, 1977,[11]
MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) Wales is on until November 2015[12]
Cook is listed on the Cornwall Artist Index,[13] review of his last exhibition in London [14]
Personal life
Cook and his wife Mary live in Mullion and have two children, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. They are active members of the community taking part in local horticultural shows and supporting local establishments. Both their children are now retired; his daughter was a teacher specialising in play in primary school education and his son worked as a publisher.[citation needed]
References
- ^ http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Barrie_Cook_Alex_Wade.htm
- ^ http://www.westbriton.co.uk/truth-illusion-blur/story-11398445-detail/story.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ 16 artworks by or after Barrie Cook at the Art UK site
- ^ http://www.bmagic.org.uk/people/Barrie+Cook
- ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/airbrushing
- ^ http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1987P1
- ^ Barrie Cook 2013 , Exhibition catalogue curated by Marie Louise Jones, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
- ^ http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/barrie-cook-four-paintings-1967%E2%80%9371
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cook-painting-t01576
- ^ http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1987P1
- ^ http://mwtcymru.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/exhibition-of-barrie-cooks-work-opens.html
- ^ http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/barrie-cook
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
