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Nasser Azam (born 1963, Jhelum, Pakistan) is a British contemporary artist, living and working in London. ==Biography== Nasser Azam was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1963, and moved to London with his parents in 1970.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nasser Azam, Esq Authorised Biography - Debrett's People of Today )〕 He began painting in 1980, and in the same year embarked on a business degree at the University of Birmingham. In 1983 he also featured in a BBC documentary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC Interview, 23 March 1983 - Nasser Azam )〕 In 2007, after an extended period living and travelling in Japan, America and Europe, Azam became Artist-in-Residence at the County Hall Gallery, with an exhibition of early and recent work.〔 Subsequent exhibitions included the 'Anatomica' series of paintings, made from illustrations taken both from fashion magazines and medical textbooks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anatomica Cognitive compulsion by Nasser Azam on artnet )〕 In 2012 Azam unveiled "Athena" at Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham. Previous sculptural work includes the large bronze sculpture ''The Dance'', unveiled on the South Bank on 21 February 2008 and work for the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, in Dublin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sculpture in Context - Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition )〕 Azam's semi-abstract style of painting has been compared with that of Willem de Kooning.〔Stonard, Azam: A Short History of Sensation, London 2008〕 His paintings show the human figure encoded in bio-morphic forms and gestural marks, and typically use a restricted palette. In 2010 Azam purchased the Morris Singer Art Foundry and relaunched it as the Zahra Modern Art Foundry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nasser Azam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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