Code: 10201
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'The Arts Bandit' 1997 a Pop Art acrylic painted, fibreglass, resin and wood sculpture 1340mm high by Kevin Harlow (born 1952) signed and dated 97 on the wooden plinth.
Sculptor and teacher who uses humour as a way of addressing serious issues without becoming bogged down in rhetoric. Materials including fibreglass, angle grinders and acrylics with influences varying with anything from television and magazines to High Art, Folk Art, Pop Art and real people. Born in Peterborough, Huntingdonshire, studied at Birmingham College of Art 1970–1, Leeds Polytechnic 1972–5 and Birmingham Polytechnic 1977–8. Taught art in Bradford 1978–87 before devoting his time to being a full-time artist and sculptor. Exhibitions in 1978 at Norwich & Poole Arts Centres, 1981-5 at Bradford Open Artists Exhibition and in 1985 at Leeds Arts Space together with exhibiting at the Nicholas Treadwell Galleries. Work has been acquired from Treadwell by John Entwistle, Paul McCartney and Malcolm Forbes.
