Ian Davenport (artist)
Ian Davenport (born 8 July 1966) is an English abstract art, abstract painter and former Turner Prize nominee. Life and work Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup. He studied art at Northwich College of Art and Design, in Cheshire, and then at Goldsmiths College, from where he graduated in 1988. The same year he exhibited in the ''Freeze (exhibition), Freeze'' exhibition at Surrey Docks organised by Damien Hirst. In 1990 Davenport's first solo show was held at Waddington Custot, Waddington Galleries and he was included in the British Art Show. In 1991, he was nominated for the annual Turner Prize.Serena Davies (19 August 2006)Dance to the music of lines ''The Telegraph''. Accessed October 2013.Tom Teodorczuk (6 September 2006) ''London Evening Standard''. Accessed October 2013. In 1999, he had a solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts and was a prizewinner at the John Moores Painting Prize, John Moores exhibition 21 in Liverpool. Many of his works are made by pouring paint onto ...
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Sidcup
Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of London Borough of Bromley, Bromley and Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the Historic counties of England, historical county of Kent. The name is thought to be derived from meaning "seat shaped or flat topped hill"; it had its earliest recorded use in 1254. The population of Sidcup, including its neighbourhoods Foots Cray, North Cray, Albany Park, Bexley, Albany Park, Longlands, Ruxley, Blackfen and Lamorbey, was 43,109 in 2011. History Origins Sidcup originated as a tiny hamlet on the road from Maidstone to London. According to Edward Hasted, "Thomas de Sedcopp was owner of this estate in the 35th year of king Henry VI of England, Henry VI. [i.e. in the 1450s] as appears by his deed." Hasted described Sidcup in the latter part of the 18th century as "a ...
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