Gideon "Gid" London (1961–2010) was a British artist.

Early years

London was born on 18 March 1961 in

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, London. He studied

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at Stourbridge College.

Career

He was a successful film maker and collage artist, in addition to being an ex-member of the ARC group, a London-based collective of international artists, influenced by

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, who specialised in building site-specific installation art. From 1987 to 1991, he worked together with the ARC group until it was finally disbanded in November 1991 in Budapest. In 1990, he was included in a show together with the other members of the group at the Galleria Milano in Italy. In 1995, he took part in a joint project with the artists' collective FA+, founded by the Swedish artists

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and Ingrid Falk. In the late 1990s, he made a series of Channel Four television documentaries including ''The Wonderful World of

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''. From 1990, he exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. His collages are said to echo the work of earlier masters such as Schwitters and the

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movement. His work was used for the cover of

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's CD '' The Garden'' which was named after his collage. He died on 10 April 2010.

References

External links

Gid London website
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