Damian Le Bas

This article is about the British artist. For his son the writer, see Damian Le Bas (writer).

Damian Le Bas
Born(1963-01-30)30 January 1963
Sheffield
Died9 December 2017(2017-12-09) (aged 54)
Worthing
NationalityBritish
OccupationBritish artist

Damian Le Bas (30 January 1963, Sheffield – 9 December 2017, Worthing) was a British artist associated with the Outsider Art (or "Art Brut") label, as well a leading exponent of the "Roma Revolution" in art.

Life

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Le Bas was of Roma heritage.[1] Le Bas attended the Royal College of Art.[2]

He lived and worked with his wife, the Romany artist Delaine Le Bas,[2] in West Sussex on the south coast. He was the father of writer Damian Le Bas.

Collections

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Since 1987 several of Le Bas' pieces are held in the Musgrave-Kinley Collection of works by key Outsider artists, administered by Monika Kinley, until her death in 2014.[3][4] His more recent work is found, among others, in the collections of Perpetuum Mobile.

Exhibitions

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He exhibited frequently in the UK and Germany, and his works have been shown at Moderna Museet in Sweden,[5] in Japan, France, Finland and the United States. He was well known in Outsider Art circles, and was exhibited as part of a survey-show of Art Brut at Malmö Konsthall in 1991.[6] He was a participant of the Prague Biennale 3.[7] He exhibited at the Raw Arts Festival.[8]

In later years, the Traveller - Romani - Gypsy experience became a recurrent theme in his work. Le Bas was invited to participate in the 1st Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007.[9] He subsequently became a driving force behind the Perpetual Romani-Gypsy Pavilion in Venice in 2009[10] and the co-initiator of the 4th Roma Pavilion which took place in Berlin in 2013.[11]

He exhibited frequently in the UK and Germany, and his works have been shown in Japan, France, Finland, Sweden and in the United States.

References

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  1. ^ "High-profile stories of children expose Europe's anti-Roma prejudice". The Globe and Mail. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Steward, Sue (29 October 2000). "Outsider dealing". The Observer. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ^ Dempsey, Andrew (6 April 2014). "Monika Kinley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Britischer Künstler: Damian Le Bas ist tot". Der Spiegel. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017 – via Spiegel Online.
  5. ^ a b "The Invisible Faces of Europe: Pop-Up Exhibition and Panel Debate - Perpetual Mobile". Perpetual Mobile. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "SARLINGAR, Art Brut, Outsider Art ( 1991, Malmo konsthallas katalog )". Damian Le Bas | Art Brut. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b "PRAGUEBIENNALE3". Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Raw Arts Festival". Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Paradise Lost: The First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale". Open Society Foundations. 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  10. ^ "SUPPORTERS of the PERPETUAL ROMA-GYPSY PAVILION - Perpetual Mobile". Perpetual Mobile. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  11. ^ "The 4th Roma Pavilion: SAFE EUROPEAN HOME? Berlin - Perpetual Mobile". Perpetual Mobile. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. ^ Acton, Thomas. "Damian Le Bas". Universes in Universe. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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