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Angus Fairhurst

Angus Fairhurst

1966–2008
WA-00003315
Pembury, UK
PhotographyContemporary
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
16
Works in Collection
47
Assets Indexed
15
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

Field Verification (7 fields)

6 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
  • LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

Angus Fairhurst worked across installation, photography, and video, and is placed among the Young British Artists who defined British contemporary art in the 1990s. His practice ranged between deadpan humor and existential unease, often using appropriation, repetition, and absurdist logic to destabilize familiar forms and expectations. He was a close peer of Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas, with whom he shared both studio networks and exhibition contexts. Fairhurst died in 2008 at the age of 41.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Contemporary
Medium
Photography
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (16)

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Artwork sources (2)

16 published of 22 catalogued · 22 with image
  • Tate
    16 published16 img
  • + 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources
  • A Couple of Differences Between Thinking and Feeling II
    2003 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Stenness, All Evidence of Man Removed
    1993 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • When I woke up in the morning, the feeling was still there 3
    1997 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Swissair, All Evidence of Man Removed
    1993 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • When I woke up in the morning, the feeling was still there 4
    1997 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Over Mont Blanc, All Evidence of Man Removed
    1993 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Pietà (first version)
    1996 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Unprinted III
    2006 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Unprinted II
    2006 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Unprinted I
    2005 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

24 assets
Artsy artist portrait
Artsy
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugh Beaumont: "Binkie pulls the strings" (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Relationships

3
Movements1
Contemporary
Collections2
TatePhillips
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Tate
Market

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Background

Education

Goldsmiths, University of London
Visual Arts
The Judd School
Visual Arts
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Exhibitions and timeline

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