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Laura Ford was born in Cardiff in 1961 and is now based in London.
Armour Boys, 2006. Laura Ford
Laura Ford was born in Wales to a family of showmen who travelled the fairground circuit. Ford is perhaps best known for her use of soft materials, fabrics and found objects creating surreal figures from the imagination or fantasy. These figures have a strange sort of reserve, on the one hand they are screaming to be looked at and on the other they seem almost embarrassed by it. They have an uncanny feel about them as if they are somehow plunged into a world of nightmare or adult struggle. There is an underlying menace in most of her work. At first glance the subjects of childhood or animals might seem to reflect innocence or simplicity but there is often a shocking twist added to the work which confuses these qualities.
Ford studied at Bath Academy of Art 1978-1982 and Chelsea School of Art and Design (1982-1983).
Badger, 2007. Laura Ford
Laura has represented Wales in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005 and her artwork is on permanent display in various locations around the world. Recent exhibitions include Disagreeable People – Houldsworth, London; Laura Ford – Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homberg, Germany; Aesthetics of Similarity – curated by Dr Oliver Zybok, Prague Triennale; Lustwarande 08 Wanderland – Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, de Oude Warande and De Pont Museum, The Netherlands; Children in Conflict – Aberdeen Art Gallery; Rag and Bone – Contemporary Art Society, The Economist Plaza, London; Wild Wood – Harewood House, Leeds; Armour Boys – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
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Laura Ford was born in Cardiff in 1961 and is now based in London.
Amour Boys, 2006. Laura Ford
Laura Ford was born in Wales to a family of showmen who travelled the fairground circuit. She went to Bath Academy of Art 1978-1982 and Chelsea School of Art and Design (1982-1983). Ford is perhaps best known for her use of soft materials, fabrics and found objects creating surreal figures from the imagination or fantasy. These figures have a strange sort of reserve, on the one hand they are screaming to be looked at and on the other they seem almost embarrassed by it. They have an uncanny feel about them as if they are somehow plunged into a world of nightmare or adult struggle. There is an underlying menace in most of her work. At first glance the subjects of childhood or animals might seem to reflect innocence or simplicity but there is often a shocking twist added to the work which confuses these qualities.
Badger, 2007. Laura Ford
Laura has represented Wales in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005 and her artwork is on permanent display in various locations around the world. Recent exhibitions include Disagreeable People – Houldsworth, London; Laura Ford – Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homberg, Germany; Aesthetics of Similarity – curated by Dr Oliver Zybok, Prague Triennale; Lustwarande 08 Wanderland – Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, de Oude Warande and De Pont Museum, The Netherlands; Children in Conflict – Aberdeen Art Gallery; Rag and Bone – Contemporary Art Society, The Economist Plaza, London; Wild Wood – Harewood House, Leeds; Armour Boys – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
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