Grenville Davey

Overview

THE ESTATE OF GRENVILLE DAVEY, 1961-2022.

Grenville Davey's relationship to the natural world challenged the widely anthropocentric view. He honoured inanimate objects too, bringing them to life simply by noticing them, and the character they held within them. He defined the difference between the object and reality. He used geometry to subvert the lines of his work, producing something elusive and impossible to put in context. His sculptures occupied a silent and knowing space. The sphere, both three dimensional and in line drawings was a repetitive symbol for him. It represented the sublime and the eternal. We are grateful for his life and draw strength from it as a metaphor to the cycle of life.

Born in Launceston, Cornwall in 1961. Grenville Davey, a significant artist and an educator, won the Turner Prize in 1992 followed by influential group and solo shows both in the UK and internationally. Among numerous commissions he created an installation for the Olympic Park in London and was affiliated with the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge and the Centre for Research in String Theory, Queen Mary University of London. Davey was a professor of the University of the Arts London and programme leader of the MA Fine Art at the University of East London.

Grenville Davey's estate is solely represented by Close Ltd.


 

THE GRENVILLE DAVEY ARTS AWARD LIMITED EDITION PRINT

 


 

Works
  • Grenville Davey, House, 2005
    House, 2005
  • Grenville Davey, Common Blue, Artist's Proof, 1998-2019
    Common Blue, Artist's Proof, 1998-2019
  • Grenville Davey, By Air, Artist's Proof, 1989-2018
    By Air, Artist's Proof, 1989-2018
  • Grenville Davey, Interalia, Artist's Proof, 1992-2019
    Interalia, Artist's Proof, 1992-2019
  • Grenville Davey, Labil, Artist's Proof, 1988-2019
    Labil, Artist's Proof, 1988-2019
  • Grenville Davey, Pink Drum, Artists's Proof, 2012
    Pink Drum, Artists's Proof, 2012
  • Grenville Davey, Quad, Artist's Proof, 1988-2019
    Quad, Artist's Proof, 1988-2019
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-drawing-41
    Grenville-Davey-drawing-41
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-70
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-70
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-71
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-71
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-73
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-73
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-128
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-128
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-121
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-121
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-69
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-69
  • Grenville Davey, Grenville-Davey-Drawing-31
    Grenville-Davey-Drawing-31
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