Vertigo

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Downing Street

David Austen was born in Harlow in 1960 and studied both at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. His work is represented in many important collections including the Tate Collection; The British Council; Arts Council, and numerous international private collections. He has received major commissions in London and Cairo and has curated several exhibitions including Exodus at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, in 2004. His work has been included in group exhibitions such as Take it from Here, at Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery (2006) and About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990s, at Museum of Modern Art Oxford (1997). In spring 2007 he had a major solo exhibition at Milton Keynes Gallery.

Places

Subjects

text-based work, woman, steps

Materials & Techniques

etching

Artist

David Austen (1960 - )

Title

Vertigo

Portfolio Title

Green Electric Morning

Edition

2/15

Date

2006

Medium

etching

Dimensions

height: 46.30 cm, width: 38.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Ingleby Gallery, July 2006

Inscription

below image: 2/15 / D. Austen

GAC number

18084/23