Kevin Atherton

Platforms Piece, Brixton station, 2011

Kevin Atherton (born 1950) is a British artist, whose work includes performance, sculpture, film and video, installation and site-related.[1]

Atherton was born on the Isle of Man in 1950[2] and educated at the Isle of Man College of Art from 1968 to 1969, and at the Fine Art Department of Leeds Polytechnic from 1969 to 1972.[1]

Atherton had a one-man show at London's Serpentine Gallery from March to May 1988.[3]

In November 2016, his artwork Platforms Piece, comprising three bronze sculptures of commuters on the platforms of Brixton railway station, was given listed status by Historic England. It was commissioned by British Rail in 1986, and two of the figures are believed to be the "first public sculptural representations of black British people in the UK".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin Atherton – Artists – LUX Collection". Lux.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Past 5 – Kevin Atherton". Flooddublin.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Kevin Atherton: One Man Show". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. ↑ Mark Brown (1970-01-01). "First UK public statues of black British people given listed status | Art and design". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
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