James R Ford is a conceptual artist whose work contemplates human needs and wants, absurdity in the everyday, and the search for meaning in art and life.

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James R Ford is a conceptual artist whose work contemplates human needs and wants, absurdity in the everyday, and the search for meaning in art and life.

In a world where so much conceptual art is dead boring, Ford, with his wit, panache and mischievous intelligent practice, avoids that pitfall. He delivers.

Peter Dornauf

Ford (b. 1980) studied at Nottingham Trent University and then Goldsmiths College in England. He has exhibited widely since 2007 in public, private and artist run spaces both in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and further afield internationally.

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Ford (b. 1980) studied at Nottingham Trent University and then Goldsmiths College in England. He has exhibited widely since 2007 in public, private and artist run spaces both in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and further afield internationally.

James R Ford takes a wry, teasing, conceptual approach to our need to search for meaning in abstraction, and our anxiety around locating its value.

Mark Amery

Ford’s practice focuses on minimalist mark-making, text statements, assembled objects and looped short films. Works ranging from sporadic dots, to hand-painted idioms, to a dangling golden carrot.

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Ford’s practice focuses on minimalist mark-making, text statements, assembled objects and looped short films. Works ranging from sporadic dots, to hand-painted idioms, to a dangling golden carrot.

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