McKeever was born and raised in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire.[1][2] He studied English Literature and began working as an artist in 1968. In 1970 he took his first studio at SPACE, St. Katherine's dock, London, an artists' initiative set up by Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley. His first group exhibition was held in West Berlin in 1971, and this was soon followed by his first solo exhibition at Cardiff Arts Centre. He was awarded the Arts Council Bursary in 1973 and in the same year held his first London solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). In 1989 he was awarded the DAAD scholarship in Berlin. This was followed in 1990 by a major retrospective exhibition of his work at the Whitechapel Gallery, London. In 2003 he was elected a Royal Academician.
Worksedit
McKeever's early landscape photographic/drawing works such as Field Series (19780 and Waterfalls (1979) were influenced by the writings of Robert Smithson, followed by the over-painted landscape photographs in such groups as Lapland Paintings (1985–1986) and History of Rocks (1986–1988) where the painterly gesture comes to the fore. And finally, beginning with the Door Paintings (1990–1994), McKeever's works became more concerned with pure painting hovering between abstraction and a residual sense of figuration. This phase continues to this day in such groups of paintings as Temple Paintings (2004–2006) and Twelve-Standing (2009–2012) with an increased paring down of discernible subject matter in the work and an emphasis on the quality of light.
"Light in a painting intrigues me enormously: how to imbue a painting with light so that one is not actually depicting it, but somehow its quality is implicitly within the painting— [...] emanating from it."[3]
In 2006 McKeever returned to working with photographs, however they are now kept independent of his painted works.
Galleryedit
McKeever, Hartgrove Paintings at the Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, 2012McKeever at the Morat Institute, Freiburg i.Br., 2007
McKeever, Marianne North at the Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, 2012McKeever, Assembly Paintings at the Morat Institute, Freiburg i.Br., 2007
McKeever, Twelve-Standing at the Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, 2012McKeever, Temple Paintings at the Morat Institute, Freiburg i.Br., 2007
Writingsedit
McKeever has written numerous texts and essays on art, including personal reflections on painting and on other painters' works. His 1982 manifesto titled Black and White...Or how to paint with a hammer (published by Matt's Gallery, London), expounded his internal conflict between the subjective nature of painting and the more conceptual parameters his work had adhered to so far. In 2005, his lectures at Cambridge University and the University of Brighton were published as three essays in the book In Praise of Painting, covering topics such as the presence and absence of light in Western painting. Writings on other artists include Thoughts on Emil Nolde in 1996; Absolute Light, an essay on Russian icons for the British Museum magazine in 2004; and Thinking about Georgia O'Keeffe for the Louisiana Revy, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark.
Exhibitionsedit
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop; National Museum of Norway, Oslo
2011 Sønderjylands Kunstmuseum, Tønder; Tate Britain, London
2010 Royal Academy of Arts, London
2009 Kings Place Gallery, London
2008 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2007 Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg i.Br.; Tate St Ives, Cornwall
2006 New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
2005 National Art Gallery, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2004 Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
2003 Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
2002 Horsens Kunstmuseum
2001 Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense
1999 Yale Center for British Art, Newhaven, Connecticut
1995 Matt's Gallery, London; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut; Tate Gallery, London
1993 Stephen Solovy Gallery, Chicago
1992 Museum Folkwang, Essen
1991 Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
1990 DAAD Galerie, West Berlin; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1989 Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Tate Gallery, Liverpool
Government Art Collection of Great Britain, London
The Royal Academy of Art, London
Tate Gallery, London
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
New Carlsberg Foundation and New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland
Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary
Nordic Aquarell Museum, Skärham, Sweden
National Gallery of South Africa, Johannesburg
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City
Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art, Cincinnati, USA
The Haggerty Museum of Modern Art, Milwaukee, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts, USA
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA
Notesedit
^"Ian McKeever (Withernsea, UK 1946)". Art Miami. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^"Ian McKeever". Hull Culture and Leisure. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^'Inner Vision, Ian McKeever in conversation with Eleanor Mills', RA Magazine, Autumn 2009, p.83
Referencesedit
Ian McKeever: Paintings. With essays by Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Michael Tucker, Catherine Lampert. Surrey: Lund Humphries, 2009. ISBN978-1-84822-037-9
McKeever: Hartgrove, Paintings and Photographs. With contributions from Heinz Liesbrock, Richard Deacon and Ian McKeever. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2012. ISBN978-3-86335-250-9
External linksedit
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Artist website
21 artworks by or after Ian McKeever at the Art UK site
The Royal Academy of Arts
Tate online
Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ian McKeever artist news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Ian McKeever RA born 30 November 1946 is a contemporary British artist Since 1990 McKeever has lived and worked in Hartgrove Dorset England Ian McKeever Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Gallery 4 Writings 5 Exhibitions 6 Collections 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksBiography editMcKeever was born and raised in Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire 1 2 He studied English Literature and began working as an artist in 1968 In 1970 he took his first studio at SPACE St Katherine s dock London an artists initiative set up by Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley His first group exhibition was held in West Berlin in 1971 and this was soon followed by his first solo exhibition at Cardiff Arts Centre He was awarded the Arts Council Bursary in 1973 and in the same year held his first London solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA In 1989 he was awarded the DAAD scholarship in Berlin This was followed in 1990 by a major retrospective exhibition of his work at the Whitechapel Gallery London In 2003 he was elected a Royal Academician Works editMcKeever s early landscape photographic drawing works such as Field Series 19780 and Waterfalls 1979 were influenced by the writings of Robert Smithson followed by the over painted landscape photographs in such groups as Lapland Paintings 1985 1986 and History of Rocks 1986 1988 where the painterly gesture comes to the fore And finally beginning with the Door Paintings 1990 1994 McKeever s works became more concerned with pure painting hovering between abstraction and a residual sense of figuration This phase continues to this day in such groups of paintings as Temple Paintings 2004 2006 and Twelve Standing 2009 2012 with an increased paring down of discernible subject matter in the work and an emphasis on the quality of light Light in a painting intrigues me enormously how to imbue a painting with light so that one is not actually depicting it but somehow its quality is implicitly within the painting emanating from it 3 In 2006 McKeever returned to working with photographs however they are now kept independent of his painted works Gallery edit nbsp McKeever Hartgrove Paintings at the Josef Albers Museum Bottrop 2012 nbsp McKeever at the Morat Institute Freiburg i Br 2007 nbsp McKeever Marianne North at the Josef Albers Museum Bottrop 2012 nbsp McKeever Assembly Paintings at the Morat Institute Freiburg i Br 2007 nbsp McKeever Twelve Standing at the Josef Albers Museum Bottrop 2012 nbsp McKeever Temple Paintings at the Morat Institute Freiburg i Br 2007Writings editMcKeever has written numerous texts and essays on art including personal reflections on painting and on other painters works His 1982 manifesto titled Black and White Or how to paint with a hammer published by Matt s Gallery London expounded his internal conflict between the subjective nature of painting and the more conceptual parameters his work had adhered to so far In 2005 his lectures at Cambridge University and the University of Brighton were published as three essays in the book In Praise of Painting covering topics such as the presence and absence of light in Western painting Writings on other artists include Thoughts on Emil Nolde in 1996 Absolute Light an essay on Russian icons for the British Museum magazine in 2004 and Thinking about Georgia O Keeffe for the Louisiana Revy Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek Denmark Exhibitions editSelected Exhibitions 2012 Josef Albers Museum Bottrop National Museum of Norway Oslo 2011 Sonderjylands Kunstmuseum Tonder Tate Britain London 2010 Royal Academy of Arts London 2009 Kings Place Gallery London 2008 Alan Cristea Gallery London 2007 Morat Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft Freiburg i Br Tate St Ives Cornwall 2006 New Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 2005 National Art Gallery Beijing Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai 2004 Kettle s Yard Cambridge 2003 Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Skarhamn 2002 Horsens Kunstmuseum 2001 Kunsthallen Brandts Odense 1999 Yale Center for British Art Newhaven Connecticut 1995 Matt s Gallery London Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh Yale Center for British Art New Haven Connecticut Tate Gallery London 1993 Stephen Solovy Gallery Chicago 1992 Museum Folkwang Essen 1991 Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts Lausanne 1990 DAAD Galerie West Berlin Whitechapel Art Gallery London 1989 Kunstforum Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich Tate Gallery Liverpool 1988 Guinness Hop Store Dublin 1987 Arnolfini Bristol Kunstverein Braunschweig Museum of Modern Art Oxford Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels 1986 Frankfurter Kunstverein Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 1985 Galerie Nachst St Stephan Vienna Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Moderna Museet Stockholm 1983 Bonner Kunstverein Bonn 1982 Kunsthalle Nurnberg 1981 Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Museum of Modern Art Oxford Institute of Contemporary Arts London 1979 Nigel Greenwood Gallery London 1978 Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh Galleria Foksal Warsaw 1976 Ikon Gallery Birmingham Badischer Kunstverein KarlsruheCollections editSelected Collections Arts Council of Great Britain London British Council London British Museum London Government Art Collection of Great Britain London The Royal Academy of Art London Tate Gallery London Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Birmingham Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts Vienna Austria Horsens Kunstmuseum Horsens Denmark Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek Denmark New Carlsberg Foundation and New Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen Denmark Sonderjyllands Kunstmuseum Tonder Denmark Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki Finland Porin Taidemuseo Pori Finland Morat Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft Freiburg Germany Kunsthalle Kiel Germany Kunsthalle Nurnberg Nuremberg Germany Museum of Fine Art Budapest Hungary Nordic Aquarell Museum Skarham Sweden National Gallery of South Africa Johannesburg Boston Museum of Fine Art Boston USA Brooklyn Museum of Art New York City Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art Cincinnati USA The Haggerty Museum of Modern Art Milwaukee USA Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City MIT List Visual Arts Center Massachusetts USA Yale Center for British Art Connecticut USANotes edit Ian McKeever Withernsea UK 1946 Art Miami Retrieved 19 October 2018 Ian McKeever Hull Culture and Leisure Retrieved 19 October 2018 Inner Vision Ian McKeever in conversation with Eleanor Mills RA Magazine Autumn 2009 p 83References editIan McKeever Paintings With essays by Marjorie Allthorpe Guyton Michael Tucker Catherine Lampert Surrey Lund Humphries 2009 ISBN 978 1 84822 037 9 McKeever Hartgrove Paintings and Photographs With contributions from Heinz Liesbrock Richard Deacon and Ian McKeever Cologne Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig 2012 ISBN 978 3 86335 250 9External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ian McKeever Artist website 21 artworks by or after Ian McKeever at the Art UK site The Royal Academy of Arts Tate online Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ian McKeever artist amp oldid 1105261988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
