Lot 87
ASHLEY COOK (SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY) §
FORGET YOUR TROUBLES - COME ON GET HAPPY
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Screenprint, P/P, signed, titled and editioned in pencil to margin, unframed
and three further screenprints by the same artist: 'Process or Progress?', 'Forces that lurk behind everyday life' and 'Life's Rich Tapestry'
Dimensions
48cm x 48cm (18.75in x 18.75in)
Footnote
Biography
Ashley Cook graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1986 with a degree in Fine Art and received a Postgraduate degree in Printmaking the following year. She became the Screenprinting technician at GSA after graduating, then went on to lecture in Printmaking until 1995.
Cook's work is narrative driven, focusing on the human form and creating illusionist, dreamlike environments from various sources, with the titles having a central position. She works with a mixture of found images and her own autographic and photographic images, which she reuses and manipulates across her work.
Cook now lives and works in Glasgow and makes limited edition prints at Glasgow Print Studio. She has won several international awards and has undertaken artist residencies in Canada, Iceland, USA, Mexico, Spain and West Africa.
Cook has work in prestigious collections nationally and internationally including: the Scottish Arts Council; The BBC, Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow; The Vaasa Museum, Finland and Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles.