Bruce Mclean Ceramics

I n a playful exploration of temporal and spatial planes bruce mclean often substitutes his body for the art form.

Bruce mclean ceramics. From the mid 1970s while continuing to mount occasional performances mclean turned increasingly to painting in a witty and subversive parody of current expressionist styles and to ceramics. Acclaimed british conceptual artist bruce mclean is presenting an exciting new exhibition of ceramics and limited edition silkscreen works inspired by the light shapes and movement of his spanish garden. By dissecting the role of the artist whether that be through questioning traditional means of display such as in his early pose works or removing the artwork all together in what has become a perpetual quest to achieve a truly great invisible sculpture mclean s. Mclean was head of graduate painting at the slade school of fine art london he has had one man exhibitions including tate gallery in london the modern art gallery in vienna and museum of modern art oxford.

One hundred plates 30 jul 11 sep 2016 for this his first exhibition in the gallery at the new art centre bruce mclean will be exhibiting one hundred plates. Acclaimed british conceptual artist bruce mclean presents an exciting new exhibition of ceramics and limited edition silkscreen works inspired by the light shapes and movement of his spanish garden. In 1985 he won the john moores painting prize. Mclean was head of graduate painting at the slade school of fine art london he has had one man exhibitions including tate gallery in london the modern art gallery in vienna and museum of modern art oxford.

Mclean was born in glasgow and studied at glasgow school of art from 1961 to 1963 and at saint martin s school of art london from 1963 to 1966. Mclean has produced paintings ceramics prints work with film theatre and books. Mclean has gained international recognition for his paintings ceramics prints work with film theatre and books.