Richard Deacon

Lisson Gallery, London

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Executed in 1999.

Richard Deacon was born in Bangor, Wales in 1949 and in 1969 he went to St Martin's School of Art where he concentrated specifically on performance-based art. In his early career, performance continued to be central to Deacon's conceptions. For Stuff Box Object of 1971-71, Deacon bolted himself inside a box so that he could experience the interior space before climbing out and plastering the outside of the box. Each stage of the performance was recorded in photography and text. 

As Deacon's ideas have progressed, his bodily involvement in his works of art has reduced. In 1974 he began the MA in Environmental Media at the Royal College of Art. Between 1978-79 he studied the History of Art at Chelsea School of Art before travelling to America for a year. It was around this time that Deacon began to attract international attention. In 1987 he won the Turner Prize and in 1999 he was made CBE for his outstanding contribution to British art.