Gordon Brown (sculptor)

Gordon Brown (7 April 1958 – 24 October 2020) was a German sculptor.[1]

For other people named Gordon Brown, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation).
Gordon Brown
Brown in 2007, Copyright Marion Gay
Born7 April 1958
Iserlohn, West Germany
Died24 October 2020(2020-10-24) (aged 62)
Iserlohn, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationSculptor

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. He then taught at the school from 1997 to 1999. He opened his own workshop in Hamm 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".[2] In general, his works were defined by "clarity, concentration and lyrical beauty".[3]

Books
  • Das Leben der Boote. Feldarbeiten (1999)
  • Skulptur – Räume (2000)
  • Holz-Gezeiten (2008)

References
  1. "Gordon Brown: Leidenschaftlich, wenn es um die Kunst ging". IKZ-online.de (in German). 31 October 2020.
  2. Gesing, Martin (2008). Skulptur – Räume (in German). Beckum.
  3. "Tanz der Schiffchen". Westfälischer Anzeiger (in German). 30 August 2008.
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