Lucy Skaer
Lucy Skaer (born 1975 in Cambridge, GB) studied at the Glasgow School of Art.
Skaer's drawings utilise found imagery sourced from photojournalistic reportage. Working on paper - large stretches that in scale resemble unfurled banners, flags or giant scrolls, typically, the main substance of her drawings is graphite to which she adds enamel paint, ink and gold leaf.
Skaer also creates public interventions, involving potentially subtle and invisible interactions in public spaces and is a founding member of the artists' collaborative group Henry VIII's Wives.
In April 2009, she was shortlisted for the most prestigious, and controversial, award in contemporary art, the Turner Prize.
Skaer's drawings utilise found imagery sourced from photojournalistic reportage. Working on paper - large stretches that in scale resemble unfurled banners, flags or giant scrolls, typically, the main substance of her drawings is graphite to which she adds enamel paint, ink and gold leaf.
Skaer also creates public interventions, involving potentially subtle and invisible interactions in public spaces and is a founding member of the artists' collaborative group Henry VIII's Wives.
In April 2009, she was shortlisted for the most prestigious, and controversial, award in contemporary art, the Turner Prize.