Shelf-like No. 5 (Green)

David Batchelor (1955 - )

Acrylic sheet, steel and paint

1999

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  • About the work

    Seven luminescent rectangular forms are assembled in this wall-based work by David Batchelor. Although one colour, its layering effect creates a sensation of light and dark forms receding and emerging simultaneously. Batchelor is fascinated with the sensory and emotive effects of colour, especially those created from modern materials and dyes. He works with various found objects, from fluorescent and neon lights, to household paints and modified commercial ready-mades, like warehouse dollies and steel shelving.

  • About the artist
    David Batchelor was born in Dundee, Scotland. He studied fine art at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, and cultural theory at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Birmingham University. He has exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe, the United States and Latin America. Works include a commission for the Platform for Art series for London Transport, for which Batchelor incorporated and painted recycled metal forms into the arched niches of Gloucester Road Underground station; and sculpture for the Xiamen International Sculpture Exhibition in China. In 2008 he participated in the inaugural exhibition of the Folkestone Triennial for which he exhibited a revolving globe constructed from colourful plastic sunglasses. He also exhibited his work in Colour Chart, a contemporary group show at MOMA, New York in 2008. His solo show Concretos was held at New Art Centre, Salisbury in 2014. A former Senior Tutor in Critical Theory at the Royal College of Art, London, Batchelor was previously AHRB Research Fellow from 2001 to 2004. Author of three books, Minimalism (1997), Chromophobia (2000) and Colour (2008) he also regularly contributes to journals such as Artscribe, Frieze and Artforum.
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    Title
    Shelf-like No. 5 (Green)
    Date
    1999
    Medium
    Acrylic sheet, steel and paint
    Dimensions
    width: 100.00 cm, height: 40.00 cm, depth: 13.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Wilkinson Gallery, November 2005
    Provenance
    Wilkinson Gallery, London
    GAC number
    18061