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Stuart Semple (born 1980) is a contemporary British artist and curator, based in London and Dorset.〔Hayes, David (2013).(Financial Times 'Personal style: Stuart Semple' ), "Financial Times", October 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.〕 Known for his large scale canvases incorporating text and found imagery, Semple's practice addresses ideas sparked by immersion in popular culture and combines contemporary figurative painting with pop art.〔Fairweather, Shona (2007). (Aesthetica Magazine "Stuart Semple 80s Influences & Popular Youth Culture" ), "Aesthetica Magazine", October 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2014.〕 Semple’s work has strong links with Richard Hamilton’s Pop Art, but have a contemporary emphasis on latent fear and threat rather than Hamilton’s consumer culture and glamour.〔Kucharek, Jan-Carlos (2015).("RIBA Journal" "It is the quietest of these artists' contributions on the social impact of regeneration in cities that talk the loudest" ) RIBA Journal, 9 March 2015, Retrieved 11 March 2015..〕 ==Life and career== Semple was born in Bournemouth, Dorset. He studied Advanced Art and Design at Poole, and Painting and Printmaking at Bretton Hall College〔〔("Bretton Hall press section" ), ''University of Leeds'', 18 July 2004. Retrieved from leeds.ac.uk, 21 April 2008.〕 in Yorkshire. Semple speaks about the inspiration from his grandfather whose memory inspired a jumper Semple designed.〔Finney, (2012) ("Sewing seeds - Artist Stuart Semple on his collaboration with Aubin & Wills" ), "Marylebone Journal", December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 His maternal grandmother also painted in an impressionist style and had Impressionist books that he would read and copy from as a child.〔Lewis, Pete and Parusha (2009) ("Money changes everything / Stuart Semple" ), "Oh Goodness Greatness", July 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 Semple's mother also took him to the National Gallery and he described that moment being the main catalyst in becoming an artist when he saw Van Gogh's Sunflowers aged 7.〔Smith, Dominic (2011). ("Interview: Stuart Semple" ), "Soundsphere",16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕〔Agnew Mary (2012)("Stuart Semple on How It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City" ) "ARTINFO China", February 17, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2015.〕 In 2004, art dealer Anthony d'Offay flew his portfolio to New York and persuaded him to move to London.〔Buck, Louisa (2004). ( "Bending The Momart Wreckage" ), "The Art Newspaper'', September 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2008.〕 A 2007 solo exhibition saw $1 million sales within the first five minutes〔Hoggard, Liz, (2010) ("Stuart Semple 'I'm Afraid To Swallow'" ), ''Evening Standard'', 28 April 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.〕 and a recent London exhibition had presales to a Foundation of $1 Million.〔Westall, Mark (2013). ("Stuart Semple, Suspend Disbelief Grosses over $1 Million" ), "FAD", October 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.〕 In 2010 Semple disclosed in an interview with ''The Evening Standard'' he had had a sudden near death experience in 2000 following an allergic reaction. Semple referenced the event in an artwork painted that year; "This is the flatline of my ECG showing where I officially died, my vital signs zeroed completely."〔Hoggard, Liz, (2010) ("Stuart Semple 'I'm Afraid To Swallow'" ), ''Evening Standard'', 28 April 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.〕 Semple identifies the experience as being the catalyst that motivated him to dedicate his life to making art〔Jeffreys, Tom (2011) ("Mental Health and Art as Therapy – an interview with Stuart Semple" ), "Spoonfed", 6 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.〕〔("Talking about mental health with Stuart Semple" ), "Mind", 6 March 2014. Retrieved from Mind.org 27 May 2014.〕 and becoming active in promoting access to creativity and it's benefits.〔Hazelton, Claire (2012).("Coffee With Stuart Semple on Fame, Allergies, Charity, Politics and eBay" ) "The Overflown", 23 September 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2014〕 In 1999 Semple became one of the first artists to utilise the Internet and the potential of digital and created an early online community on eBay who followed drawings he posted up each night.〔〔 Stuart Semple's continual appropriation of digital mediums put him in The Guardian's Ten Best Art Auctions alongside Damien Hirst, Ai Weiwei and Edvard Munch.〔Hazelton, Claire (2013).("The 10 Best Art Auctions" ) "The Guardian", 25 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.〕 In 2012 Stuart was the first visual artist to release a body of work on iTunes called "EXIT"〔https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/exit-ep/id498261274 EXIT "iTunes"〕 that was commissioned to be a fully digital experience.〔http://vimeo.com/40510158 "Vimeo.com" RECORDED LIVE - Stuart Semple Webchat.〕 His desire to create and distribute this series via iTunes was so that it could be directly accessed affordably in every household worldwide which built on his exploration of the internet and accessibility to contemporary art.〔〔〔Grafling, Friedrich (2013).("POP POP POP- Interview Stuart Semple" ), "NDKS", February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.〕〔http://www.whosjack.org/stuart-semple-1st-artist-on-itunes/ Who's Jack "Stuart Semple 1st Artist On iTunes"〕 The digital artwork "The Effect" which was exhibited during the Suspend Disbelief exhibition is viewable and possible to own on Sedition.〔(Seditionart.com "THE EFFECT (2013)" )〕 Semple is quoted in The Art Newspaper “Instagram is such a direct medium" as a way for artists to share their work in an article about how social media can become a new exhibition space.〔 In 2015 Stuart Semple created a new series of 5 browser based artworks as websites and offered each site for sale on eBay to create a way for digital art to be simply viewed, bought and sold using hosting.〔Gorton, Thomas (2015)("Want to buy some digital art? Just head to eBay" ), "DazedDigital", 24 January 2015. Retrieved January 26 2015.〕 On the eve of 2010's General Elections, The BBC spent the day reporting live from Stuart Semple's studio and opening night of his "Happy House" exhibition. The narrative in the collection of works was seen as a prediction and warning of how the country could be affected by the financial situation and policies towards culture.〔Witherspoon, Jane (2010). ( "Artist Stuart Semple: It's actually quite mental" ) "BBC", 5 May 2010. Retrieved from news.bbc.co.uk, 15 June 2010.〕〔Witherspoon, Jane (2010). ("Stuart Semple collection inspired by 'mental' Britain". ) "BBC NEWS", 6 May 2010. Retrieved from news.bbc.co.uk, 1 June 2014.〕 The opening of "Anxiety Generation" in London in 2014 was reported by Tatler as "just like being at the Brit Awards in the Nineties".〔("Stuart Semple's private view" ) "Tatler",18 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015〕 The Art Newspaper reported Stuart Semple signed with Next Management in 2013 alongside working with galleries.〔Ruiz, Cristina (2013). ("Move over galleries: artists sign with agents - Stuart Semple joins an agency" ) "Art Newspaper", February 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.〕 The Art Newspaper continue debating the traditional gallery model and discuss how dealers and galleries place Stuart Semple works in important collections but also the agents and management that handle copyright and licensing.〔Harris, Gareth & Shaw, Anny (2014).("What on earth would Leo Castelli have thought?" ), "The Art Newspaper'', December 3, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.〕 In January 2012 Semple opened the new North Light Centre for Art and Design at Bournemouth & Poole College and judges a yearly competition of the student's works. Semple has spoken at The ICA,〔〔("Stuart Semple Interviewed by Josh Spero at The ICA" ), "Joshspero.com "27 November 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 The Institute of Ideas,〔("Is the avant garde passé?" ), "Battle of Ideas"〕 CultureLabel,〔("London Art Fair" )〕 Amnesty,〔( "MAKING NOISE FOR MENTAL HEALTH TONIGHT" ), "Amnesty.ie"〕 Jerwood Visual Arts for his digital activity,〔("Artists And The Web" ). "jerwoodvisualarts.org" Retrieved 8 September 2011.〕 and for DACS on digital and copyright topics. in 2005, Semple was the youngest member appointed to the Design and Artists Copyright Society creators’ council. Stuart Semple has featured on the BBC in 2009 for (Peter )〔("Stuart Semple Blue Peter Happy Clouds" ), Youtube.com, 6 August 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2014.〕 and in 2011〔("Matt, Beth, Tim and Ashby are four GCSE Art students from Essex. Brit artist Stuart Semple visits their school to see how they turn their ideas into great pieces of art." ), BBC, 20 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.〕 and 2014 he presented for the BBC's Art & Design series〔("Stuart Semple - Introduction" ), BBC, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.〕 where he talks about Inspiration〔("Stuart Semple - Inspiration" ), BBC, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 Tools & Tips〔("Stuart Semple - Tools & Tips" ), BBC, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 and Idea to Art〔("Stuart Semple - Idea to Art" ), BBC, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 In 2013 Stuart Semple created Jump〔("Stuart Semple's Jump" ), Fed Square〕 for Australia's Federation Square's public art programme, a 10 x 10m bouncy cloud, and in 2014 Stuart Semple represented the British Program for The Night at The Museum festival, releasing thousands of HappyClouds over Moscow.〔( "Stuart Semple Moscow HappyClouds" ), British Council.〕 This public art performance has so far also been held in London, Italy, Ireland and Australia. In 2013 Semple received a medal at The House Of Lords for the UN's first International Day of Happiness and nominated Marilena Borgna and May Gabriel also as his Happiness Heros〔("HAPPINESS MOVEMENT TO REACH 100 MILLION PEOPLE FOR UN'S FIRST #HAPPYDAY" ), Day Of Happiness, 13 March 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.〕 and spoke to The Independent about the secret to Happiness: "My son makes me truly happy... Happiness from real things and from flash things are worlds apart."〔Shields, Rachel (2010) ("The secret of happiness: Family, friends and your environment" ), The Independent, 15 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2014.〕 "My Happy Colouring Flip Book" was published in 2015 as an anti-stress, creative therapy colouring book for adults by Stuart Semple and to raise funds for the Mind creative therapies fund.〔Semple, Stuart (2015) ("My Happy Colouring Flip Book" ), Amazon.co.uk, 2 July 2015.〕 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「Stuart Semple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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