Richard Devereux

1956 Born Lincoln, England

http://www.devereuxart.co.uk/

1974 - 77 Portsmouth College of Art

Currently lives and works in Lincoln, England.

Richard Devereux has shown consistently throughout the UK and abroad for the past 25 years. His work is held in major public collections, including the Bodleian Library Oxford, Harvard University, the Tate and Trinity College Dublin. David Bowie selected a piece by the artist as his all-time favourite work of art for BBC 2 in 1998.

'I make work that is simple both in terms of its immediate aesthetic and also with regard to its material nature', Devereux writes. 'Art should have the capacity to slice through the distractions of the everyday. It should have the ability to sharpen the focus, both upon and within our inner being'.

On a recent visit to Death Valley the artist was deeply moved by the silence. His artworks can be said to function as thresholds and entry points to such experiences. There is a physicality to looking at them which returns the viewer full circle to the root of Devereux's initial inspiration.

'The function of art work is the stimulation of sensibilities, the renewal of memories, of moments of perfection". To make works of art that stimulate an artist must recognise the works that illustrate [their] own moments of perfection'. (Agnes Martin, Writings 1991)