Julian spalding biography

Julian Spalding (born 15 June 1947 in Lewisham, South London) is an.
He was born in 1947 and grew up on a council estate in St Mary Cray, South London where his upbringing shaped his future perception of the injustices that can.
Julian Spalding is an English art critic, writer, broadcaster and a former curator.

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Julian Spalding

Julian Spalding (Lewisham, 15 giugno1947) è un critico d'arte, scrittore e giornalistainglese.

Considerato un controverso "cane sciolto" nel mondo della critica d'arte, ha spesso contribuito a programmi di arte, notizie e attualità in radio e TV.

Biografia

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È cresciuto in una tenuta comunale a St Mary Cray, nel sud di Londra. La sua educazione presso queste zone ha giocato un ruolo importante nel plasmare le sue prospettive successive, in particolare per quanto riguarda la comprensione di come la disuguaglianza sociale e la deprivazione culturale abbiano un impatto negativo sulla vita delle persone.

Ha studiato storia dell'arte all'Università di Nottingham e arte al Nottingham Art College, e dopo un breve periodo come artista e designer ha scelto di lavorare in musei e gallerie. Spalding ha iniziato come assistente artistico nei musei di Leicester e Durham prima di diventare direttore delle gallerie per Sheffield e poi Manchester . Nel 1989 è stato nominato direttore dei Glasgow Museum, responsabile della più grande colle

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Julian Spalding Argues for Art’s Value

Spalding’s memoir, Art Exposed conjures a period in British history when the public debate around visual art was hotly contested

‘When I went to art college conceptualism was already in 1966, beginning to sweep the board. It struck me as fatuous, pretentious, quasi-intellectualism from the start.’ Onetime museum director and writer Julian Spalding doesn’t mince words, and now, in his seventies, he’s still battling for an idea of art that understands making and crafting – rather than writing and theorising – as the main source of visual art’s value. Art Exposed is a memoir of a career running museums during the 1980s and 90s, and then as a broadcaster and critic, told in an ABCD of recollections of artists Spalding has encountered professionally (H is for David Hockney, B is for David Bowie) or officially (Q is for the Queen, T is for Mrs Thatcher), or otherwise still has an axe to grind with – D is for Marcel Duchamp, S is for (former Tate director, and now Arts Council England chair) Nicholas Serota.

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Who is Julian Spalding?

Julian Spalding is a British art critic, writer, broadcaster and former curator. Considered to be a controversial maverick and outspoken critic of the art world, he's been a regular contributor to arts, news and current affairs programs on radio and TV.

Spalding grew up on a councilestate in St Mary Cray, South London. His upbringingthereplayed an important part in shaping his subsequent outlook, particularly with regard to understanding how socialinequality and culturaldeprivation have a negativeimpact on people's lives. In 1974 he marriedFrances Crabtree, who is known by her married name.

He studied art history at NottinghamUniversity and art at Nottingham Art College, and after a briefspell as an artist and designer he chose to work in museums and galleries. Spaldingstarted as an art assistant at museums in Leicester and Durhambeforebecomingdirector of galleries for Sheffield, and then Manchester. In 1989 he was appointeddirector of Glasgow Museums, responsible for the largestcollectionmanaged by a localauthority and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum