Lucy Coggle
born 1981, lives and works in London, UK
born 1981, lives and works in London, UK
Posters, 2006 , Pencil, spray-paint and acrylic on paper, 130 x 98cm
Working with layers of both visual and linguistic quotation, Lucy Coggle’s work presents a world of seeming authority, persistantly punctured by non-sequitors and bathetic innuendo. Drawing on traditional artistic genres (particularly portraiture), these more ‘authentic’ languages are mixed with the mass-produced banality of advertising tropes such as slogans and screenprinting to create an unsettling mix of publicity and intimacy. At once naively sincere and esoterically eclectic, the work presents a world of uncertainty, anger and humour.
education
2007-2008 The Drawing Year, Prince’s Drawing School, London
2004–2007 BA [hons] Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
2000–2003 BA [hons] English Language and Literature, Christ Church College, University of Oxfordselected exhibitions
2007
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, touring to, New Art Gallery, Wallsall, Rochelle School, London and Corner House, Manchester
Salon 07, Matt Roberts Arts, Seven-Seven Contemporary, London
Banal Circus, Novas Gallery, London
2006
Drawing From Turner, Tate Britain, London
Tournament, 27 Spital Square, London
Nowhere Now Here, St Pancras Church, London
bibliography
“Twenty Hot New Stars”, Tatler, April 2008“I Run To You”, The Talent, December 2007
“New Contemporaries 2007,” Art Monthly, October 2007, pp. 30-31
