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Derrick Guild

Derrick Guild (Born 1963) is active/lives in Illinois / Scotland.  Derrick Guild is known for Surrealist, mysterious and realist painting of figures, still life, fish, clothing items.

Artist-in-Residence: Derrick Guild, Website of the Lux Art Institute, 2009

Born in 1963 in Perth, Scotland, Derrick Guild received a BA degree and his Post Graduate Diploma from Duncan of Jordanston College of Art and Design, Dundee.

His paintings and objects reference European still life of the 15th to the 19th centuries. The drama, allegory, and naturalism inherent in this period speak of dilemmas in the human condition. By juxtaposing objects or presenting them individually, Guild is referencing ideas of love, loss, religion, beauty, geo-politics, colonialism, humor, longing, death, absurdity, and decay. His works are classical, formal, and at the same time contemporary in their sense of dislocation and ambiguity.

Guild has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States, including the following solo shows: “Sense is Hard” at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness. Orkney, 1999; “Picnic Hamper for Heaven” at Perth Museum, Scotland, 2007; and “Br   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2991 characters.]  Artist bio

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