Stuart Brisley
born 1933
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Stuart Brisley (born 1933) is a British artist.
Brisley studied at Guildford School of Art from 1949 to 1954 and at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1959. In 1959–60 he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Germany, and from 1960 to 1962 studied at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, in the United States.
In 1968 he took part in the occupation of Hornsey College of Art by staff and students, the "Hornsey sit-in".
In the 1960s and 1970s he was active as a performance artist; his works were inspired by Marxist political ideas, and frequently used extended duration as an aspect of the performance. In the 1980s he turned to sculpture and installation art.
After a long academic career, Brisley is a Professor Emeritus of the Slade School of Fine Art.
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Stuart Brisley Moments of Decision/Indecision
1975
Stuart Brisley Beneath Dignity
1977
Stuart Brisley ZL636595c
1972
Stuart Brisley Untitled
c.1960
Stuart Brisley [no title]
1994
Stuart Brisley Nul Comma Nul
1983–6
Stuart Brisley Arbeit Macht Frei
1972–3
Stuart Brisley Sweating the Hole
2006–10
Artist as subject
Stuart Brisley Moments of Decision/Indecision
1975
Stuart Brisley Beneath Dignity
1977
Stuart Brisley ZL636595c
1972
Film and audio
TateShots
Stuart Brisley 'I Think I'm an Artist'
A studio visit with Stuart Brisley, often hailed as the 'godfather of British performance art'
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Unlock Art: Frank Skinner on performance art
Comedian Frank Skinner gets to grips with performance art
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Stuart Brisley: Arbeit Macht Frei
Stuart Brisley in conversation with Catherine Wood, Curator Contemporary Art & Performance about his work
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Audio Arts: Volume 4 No 4, Side B – Stuart Brisley
Audio Arts established by Bill Furlong in 1973, side B from Volume 4 No 4 includes contributions from Stuart Brisley
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Audio Arts: Volume 4 No 4, Side D – Stuart Brisley
Audio Arts established by Bill Furlong in 1973, side D from Volume 4 No 4 includes contributions from Stuart Brisley
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Audio Arts: Volume 4 No 4, Side A – Stuart Brisley
Audio Arts established by Bill Furlong in 1973, side A from Volume 4 No 4 includes contributions from Stuart Brisley
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Audio Arts: Volume 4 No 4, Side C – Stuart Brisley
Audio Arts established by Bill Furlong in 1973, side C from Volume 4 No 4 includes contributions from Stuart Brisley
Features
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Artist Placement Group
The Artist Placement Group was founded in 1966 with the aim of placing artists in government, commercial and industrial organisations
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Stuart Brisley born 1933 with Peter Sedgley born 1930Unscheduled Action 1968
As part of Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Jonah Westerman explores Stuart Brisley and Peter Sedgley's ...
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The scene is set: Tate Britain New Displays I
Several displays this summer explore ways in which ideas surrounding performance have come to occupy a defining place in art ...
Tate Papers
The Legacy of Interaction: Artists at the Imperial War Museum 1981–2007
The idea that artists might reinvigorate and activate collections in new ways no longer seems a radical concept, but this ...
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The death of the body
The body matters, more than at any other time in history. As Abi Titmuss appears in a Sapphic embrace on ...
Sketches, letters, etc.
Stuart Brisley ‘5. Manor Way Peterlee 1976’
1976
Stuart Brisley ‘411. Coal being carried in for the last before the auto-bagging Peterlee late 1950’
[c.1950s]
Stuart Brisley Proposal for the ‘Leverkusen Project’, by Stuart Brisley
23 October 1968
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