KEITH MILOW

Sculptor and painter Keith Milow was born in England (1945) lived and worked in New York for fifteen years and now lives in Amsterdam.

In Milow’s work, art historical interests are intertwined with his interests in the notions of death, commemoration and memory.

He studied art at Camberwell School of Art (1962-67) and the Royal College of Art (1967-68). One of his first exhibitions was with Derek Jarman (then a painter) at the Lisson Gallery in 1967. In the same year he showed at the Tate "Young Contempories" exhibition.

In two series of sculptures begun in the 1970’s such interests lead to the adoption of shapes with commemorative shapes, the cenotaph and the cross. Illusionist metal surfaces given to the crosses, and to the numerous later sculptures, are made of artificially oxidised metal powder and evoke the transience of even the most lasting materials.

Keith Milow's series of works for Canary Wharf's signature building are millennial in their conception.

The Tate owns 18 pieces by Keith Milow including one of the 1970's Cross series of sculptures, paintings and prints.

Other public collections include the Guggenheim (NY), British Museum (London), Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), MOMA (NY), Henry Moore Foundation, National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh), Walker Gallery (Liverpool), Pallant House Gallery (Chichester) and the Montgomery Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.