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Ken Currie

Scottish

b. 1960

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  1. Do You Know This Man? by Ken Currie, Image 7.

    Ken Currie

    Do You Know This Man?, 2002

    Etching

    37 x 35 cm

    US$1,500

  2. Berlin Diaries by Ken Currie, Image 4.

    Ken Currie

    Berlin Diaries, 1997

    Oil on canvas

    102 x 82 cm

    US$75,000

  3. Study For a Memorial II by Ken Currie, Image 6.

    Ken Currie

    Study For a Memorial II, 1994

    Bronze

    38 x 28 x 13 cm

    US$25,000

  4. Ken Currie - Study For a Tribune by Ken Currie, Image 6.

    Ken Currie

    Ken Currie - Study For a Tribune, 1994

    Bronze

    40 x 32 x 13 cm

    US$25,000

Ken Currie is renowned for his unsettling portrayal of the human figure. The artist's rich, luminous paintings depict mysterious rites, rituals, and quasi-medical practices, offering a meditation on violence in its many guises. Currie studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1978-1983 and rose to attention within a generation of painters known as the "New Glasgow Boys" in the 1980s. In 1987, Currie completed a powerful series of large scale History paintings for the People’s Palace in Glasgow, commemorating the massacre of the Calton Weavers. Through the 90's deeply affected by humanitarian events in Eastern Europe Currie's works evolved, his focus shifting to confront ideas of mortality and corruption, both physical and moral. More recently Currie's work has addressed the horrors of the contemporary world, without shying away from their brutality or grotesque nature. One of the most important artists of his generation, Currie's work is held in many major public collections
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