There was some controversy over his exhibition at Tate Britain for the Turner Prize, as one of the paintings was closely based on the science-fiction illustration 'Double Star' produced in 1973 by the artist Tony Roberts.īrown completed his Foundation Course at Norwich School of Art & Design (1985) and later on received a B.A. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000. His work is represented by Gagosian Gallery in New York City and London, Patrick Painter Gallery in Los Angeles and Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin.īrown lives and works in London and Suffolk, England. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, France (2000) Serpentine Gallery, London (2004) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (2008) Tate Liverpool, England (2009), which travelled to the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin and Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest and numerous group exhibitions including The Saatchi Gallery (1995) Centre Georges Pompidou (2002) Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, (2003) Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2005) Gwangju Biennale, Korea (2010), Kunsthalle, Vienna (2011), Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2012), Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (2013), Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada (2013), and Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands (2013). Despite these changes, he has occasionally been accused of plagiarism. Starting with reproductions from other artists' works, Glenn Brown transforms the appropriated image by changing its colour, position, orientation, height and width relationship, mood and/or size.

He is known for the use of appropriation in his paintings. Glenn Brown (born 1966 in Hexham, Northumberland) is a British artist.

Glenn Brown by Rudi Fuchs