British artist Angus Fairhurst, 41
Posted: Monday, March 31st, 2008 7:55 pmAngus Fairhurst, one of the group of “Young British Artists” who came out of London’s Goldsmiths College, has died at age 41.
Spokeswoman Erica Bolton said Fairhurst committed suicide Saturday during a walk in a remote part of Scotland.
A contemporary of bad boy artist Damien Hirst, who attend Goldsmiths at the same time and a former partner and collaborator of Sarah Lucas, he was one of new generation of installation and conceptual artists who gained international recognition in the 1990s.
Fairhurst was known for installation, photography and video works, including an installation in which he rewired the phones of London art dealers so they could only talk to each other — a comment on the insular nature of the art world. … Read full obituary
