Phyllida Barlow: Lectures, Writings, and Interviews

Alongside her career as an artist, Phyllida Barlow has written, taught, lectured, and been the subject of numerous interviews. This book brings together fifty texts by Barlow – a diverse array of prose, presentations, reflections on artists, and conversations with art-world luminaries, critics, and fellow artists. Edited by Sara Harrison, this reader gives access to nearly fifty years ofBarlow’s thoughts on art, making, teaching, drawing, and other artists. Phyllida Barlow (born 1944) is a world-renowned sculptor who lives and works in London. Parallel to her studio practice, Barlow worked as a teacher for more than forty years before retiring in 2009 from the Slade School of Fine Art, where she was made emerita professor of fine art. Barlow has exhibited extensively at international venues, including solo exhibitions at the New Museum in New York (2012), Tate Britain in London (2014), Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas (2015), Kunsthalle Zürich (2016), Royal Academy in London (2019), and Haus der Kunst in Munich (2021). In 2017 Barlow represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. Sara Harrison is an independent editor based in London. She worked for many years at Hauser & Wirth London, where she began collaborating with Phyllida Barlow. Harrison’s prior publications include 'Phyllida Barlow: Fifty Years of Drawings.'