Richard Wright

Richard Wright is the winner of the 2009 Turner Prize. The Turner Prize is an award given to 'a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding'. This mongraph will cover Wright's major work to daye. Working predominantly with paint and gold leaf directly on walls, his paintings are often short-lived, only surviving the length of an exhibition, they are painted over at the end of the show. This often seems to heighten the senses of the viewer in the knowledge that the work may not be viewable again, in any other place, at any other time. This book will capture many of these works and serve as an invaluable referenc eon the artist. Through his unique intricate painting methods, Wright injects complex works into often overlooked architectural spaces. Wright's oeuvre includes a wide range of works made on paper, from prints on poster paper to elaborate and complex large-scale works that can include thousands of hand drawn and painted marks. Each oif these areas of his work will be covered here. Wright has participated in many group shows and has an increasing number of solo exhibitions to his credit. He has permanent works in the collections of MoMA, New York, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Tate Gallery, London, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.

Richard Wright was born in 1960 in London and lives and works in Glasgow. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; The Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh; Jumex Foundation, Mexico City, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Kunsthalle Bern; and Tate Gallery, Liverpool. John Lowden is a Byzantine and Medieval art professor at the Courtauld Institute, London. Russell Ferguson is the professor and chair of UCLA Department of Art. Sarah Lowndes is a lecturer in the Historical and Critical Studies Department at Glasgow School of Art and regular contributor to art journals.