After the retrospective exhibition of Tony Craig in 1997, the Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art presents the work of Richard Deacon, one of the most significant representatives of a brilliant generation of sculptors (Alison Wilding, Bill Woodrow, Anthony Gormley, Shirazeh Houshiari, Anish Kapoor), who in the 1980’s bore the epithet “New British Sculpture” and who, with their specifics, marked the art of post-modernism at the end of the 20th century.
Richard Deacon is the winner of the Turner Prize in 1987, the Tate Gallery’s award, one of the most prestigious British and world awards, and in 2007 he represented Wales at the Venice Biennale.
In the presence of Richard Deacon, the exhibition was opened by Tihomir Topuzovski, the director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Marija Stanchevska-Gjorgova, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The opening was also attended by the British Ambassador to North Macedonia, Mr. Matthew Lawson, and representatives of the British Council.
