Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; ) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and design. These are all awa ...

from 1961 to 1963, and at

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ...

, London, from 1963 to 1966.Tate Collection , Bruce McLean
/ref> At Saint Martin's, McLean studied with

Anthony Caro Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (8 March 192423 October 2013) was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using ' found' and industrial objects. He began as a member of the modernist school, having worked with ...

and Phillip King. In reaction to what he regarded as the academicism of his teachers he began making sculpture from rubbish. McLean has produced paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, work with film, theatre and books. McLean was Head of Graduate Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art London He has had one man exhibitions including

Tate Gallery Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...

in London, Arnolfini, Bristol, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, The Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and

Museum of Modern Art, Oxford Modern Art Oxford is an art gallery established in 1965 in Oxford, England. From 1965 to 2002, it was called The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. The gallery presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It has a national and international ...

. In 1985, he won the John Moores Painting Prize. Mclean lives and works in London. His son is the architect Will McLean.

External links

Bruce McLean's on the Tate

References

1944 births Living people 20th-century British sculptors 20th-century Scottish painters 21st-century Scottish painters 21st-century Scottish male artists Academics of the Slade School of Fine Art Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Artists from Glasgow British conceptual artists Scottish contemporary artists Scottish male painters Scottish male sculptors Scottish performance artists Scottish sculptors 20th-century Scottish male artists John Moores Painting Prize winners {{Scotland-painter-stub