Simon Patterson

Simon Patterson (b. 1967) is one of the new
generation of contemporary artists in Britain.
He studied at Goldsmiths’ in London, and took
part in the seminal ‘Freeze’ exhibition in 1988.
In 1992 he made his best-known work to date,
The Great Bear, a reworking of Harry Beck’s
classic London Underground map. In 1993
he showed a pair of Last Suppers at the Aperto
of the Venice Biennale, in which the disciples
took the formations of football teams, with
Jesus Christ in goal. He was nominated
for the Turner Prize in 1996. He has made
numerous temporary works and installations
and has exhibited in major museums
worldwide, including the Museum of
Modern Art, New York; Kunsthaus Zurich;
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; the Hayward Gallery,
and Tate Modern, London.

This Locus+ book is the first comprehensive
study of Patterson’s work, with illuminating
essays by Iwona Blazwick, Director of the
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, and
Dr. Bernard Fibicher, Director of Kunsthalle Bern.