Stephen Willats

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Stephen Willats
Born	1943 London
Nationality	English
Field	Conceptual Art, Social Practice
Training	Ealing School of Art
Movement	Social Practice
Works	West London Social Resource Project

Stephen Willats (born London, 1943) is a British artist. He lives and works in London.

Stephen Willats is a pioneer of conceptual art. ^[1] Since the early 1960s he has created work concerned with extending the territory in which art functions. His work has involved interdisciplinary processes and theory from sociology, systems analysis, cybernetics, semiotics and philosophy.

His multi-media projects often engage visitors to participate in creative social processes. Notable projects include Multiple Clothing (1965-1998), The West London Social Resource Project (1972), and the book Art and Social Function: Three Projects (1976). Willats considers Art and Social Function as a "kind of manual or tool that would be relevant to any artist thinking of enacting different paradigms for an art intervening in the fabric of society".

[edit] References

1. ^ Stephen Willats - British Council Germany

[edit] External links

• Tate Modern: Talks & Discussions: MULTIPLE CLOTHING: Message, Interaction, Exchange: Stephen Willats
• Stephen Willats Biography at Victoria Miro Gallery
• Jane Kelly, Stephen Willats: Art, Ethnography and Social Change, Variant, Issue 4, Autumn 1997
• Stephen Willats at Galerie Nagel, Cologne, Germany, Frieze, Issue 98, April 2006

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NAME	Willats, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Willats, Stephen
SHORT DESCRIPTION	contemporary artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH