Current Turner Prize nominee Angela De La Cruz was born in La Coruña, Spain and studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths before completing an MA in Sculpture and Critical Theory at Slade School of Art in 1996. The Contemporary Art Society purchased her work, One Painting (1999) in 2001.
De La Cruz has attracted international critical acclaim for her work, which is situated between painting and sculpture and stems from what she describes as a feeling of exhaustion with painting as a medium.
‘My starting point was deconstructing painting... One day I took the cross bar out and the painting bent. From that moment on, I looked at the painting as an object...’
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One Painting (detail) 1999
Angela de la Cruz One Painting 1999
One Painting (detail) 1999 oil on canvas, 370 x 300cm, ©the artist courtesy: the artist and Lisson Gallery, London photo: Andy Keate
Angela de la Cruz One Painting 1999 oil on canvas, 370 x 300cm, ©the artist courtesy: the artist and Lisson Gallery, London photo: Andy Keate