Luke Fowler

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File:Luke Fowler Portrait by Alan Dimmick .jpg]]Luke Fowler (born 1978) is an artist, 16mm filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow.[http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/Luke-Fowler-interview-Up-close.5162813.jp Luke Fowler interview: Up close and personal - Scotland on Sunday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609040934/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/Luke-Fowler-interview-Up-close.5162813.jp |date=2011-06-09 }}. Scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26. He studied printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design[http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1000710.aspx Scottish Arts Council - {{sic|nolink=y|Exeptional|expected=Exceptional}} young Scots given a financial boost] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172012/http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1000710.aspx |date=2016-03-03 }}. Scottisharts.org.uk (2010-07-01). Retrieved on 2010-11-26. in Dundee. He creates cinematic collages that have often been linked to the British Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. His para-documentary films have explored counter cultural figures including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing,[https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6242839.ece Times Online] English composer Cornelius CardewHudson, Mark. (2009-05-13) [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/5307532/Luke-Fowler-stories-upside-down-and-inside-out.html Luke Fowler: stories upside down and inside out]. Telegraph. Retrieved on 2010-11-26. and Marxist-Historian E. P. Thompson. As well as portraits of musicians and composers he has also made films and installations that deal with the nature of sound itself. Luke Fowler has worked with a number of collaborators including Eric La Casa,{{Cite web|title=A Grammar For Listening - Part 2|url=https://lux.org.uk/work/a-grammar-for-listening-part-2|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LUX|language=en-GB}} George Clark and Peter Hutton, {{Cite web|title=The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott|url=https://lux.org.uk/work/the-poor-stockinger-the-luddite-cropper-and-the-deluded-followers-of-joanna-southcott|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LUX|language=en-GB}} Mark Fell,{{Cite web|title=To The Editor Of Amateur Photographer|url=https://lux.org.uk/work/to-the-editor-of-amateur-photographer|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LUX|language=en-GB}} Lee Patterson,{{Cite web|title=A Grammar For Listening - Part 1|url=https://lux.org.uk/work/a-grammar-for-listening-part-1|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LUX|language=en-GB}} Toshiya Tsunoda,{{Cite web|title=A Grammar For Listening - Part 3|url=https://lux.org.uk/work/a-grammar-for-listening-part-3|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LUX|language=en-GB}} and Richard Youngs.{{Cite web|title=Shop - Research Music - The Modern Institute|url=https://www.themoderninstitute.com/shop/editions/luke-fowler-richard-youngs-research-music-2015/179/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.themoderninstitute.com}} He collaborated with guitarist Keith Rowe and film maker and curator Peter Todd on the live sound and film work The Room.{{Cite web|title=About Luke Fowler - The Modern Institute|url=https://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/luke-fowler/about/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.themoderninstitute.com}}

Work

Luke Fowler's work explores the limits and conventions of biographical and documentary film-making {{Cite web|title=Luke Fowler|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/luke-fowler|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.nationalgalleries.org|language=en}} with an emphasis on sound, marginalised communities and radical voices.

Exhibitions

  • In 2009, retrospective exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090515144014/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/luke-fowler-serpentine-gallery-london-1683048.html Luke Fowler, Serpentine Gallery, London - Reviews, Art]. The Independent (2009-05-12). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  • In 2010 in Rencontres d'Arles festival (France).
  • In 2011, 'British Art Show 7' at the Hayward Gallery, London.
  • In 2012, he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, for solo exhibition at Inverleith House in Edinburgh,{{cite web|title=Inverleith House Luke Fowler, Turner Prize nomination 2012|url=http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house|work=Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh|publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh|accessdate=1 May 2012}} which showcased his new film exploring the life and work of Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.{{cite web|title=Turner Prize: 2012 shortlist announced|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17905488|work=BBC News, 1 May 2012|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 May 2012}}

Awards

  • Shortlisted for the 2005 Beck's Futures prize in December 2004{{cite web|title=Star Wars inspires art shortlist|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/4104249.stm|work=BBC News Entertainment and Arts, Friday, 17 December 2004|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 May 2012}}
  • Derek Jarman Award in 2008[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/may/10/luke-fowler-serpentine-gallery Art review: Luke Fowler, Serpentine Gallery, London W2 | Art and design | The Observer]. Guardian. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  • 2010 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award[http://foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/luke-2.html Luke Fowler] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128073247/http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/luke-2.html |date=2011-01-28 }}. Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.

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