Gordon Brown (7 April 1958 – 24 October 2020) was a German sculptor.
Biography
Born to a Canadian father and German mother, Brown spent his childhood in
British Columbia and
West Germany. He learned carpentry and woodcarving and was a self-taught artist from 1985 to 1992. He studied design and sculpture at the
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Fachhochschule Dortmund) is a university of applied sciences (German: ''Fachhochschule'') in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with 14,057 students, and 894 staff, ...
. He then taught at the school from 1997 to 1999. He opened his own workshop in
Hamm
Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...
in 1997. He lived there alongside author Marion Gay.
Brown designed his works in series. His best known and most developed series was ''Das Leben der Boote'', which he started in 1995. It "served him in a general way to make things aware that are changing". In general, his works were defined by "clarity, concentration and lyrical beauty".
Books
*''Das Leben der Boote. Feldarbeiten'' (1999)
*''Skulptur – Räume'' (2000)
*''Holz-Gezeiten'' (2008)
References
1958 births
2020 deaths
People from Iserlohn
German sculptors
German people of Canadian descent
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