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Ken Currie | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Notable work | Three Oncologists, Portrait of Peter Higgs, Chimera |
Ken Currie (born 1960 in North Shields, North Tyneside, England) is a Scottish artist and a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (1978–1983). Ken grew up in industrial Glasgow. This has had a significant influence on his early works. In the 1980s Currie produced a series of works that romanticised Red Clydeside depicting heroic Dockworkers, Shop-stewards and urban areas along the River Clyde.[1][2] These works were also in response to then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's policies that he believed were the greatest threat to culture of labour.
- ^ McGinty, Stephen (13 July 2013). "New artists 'neglect' hard graft, says Ken Currie". The Scotman. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Profile on Ken Currie". The Essential School of Painting. 15 January 2015.