Gerry Judah

Gerry Judah / Gerry Judah was born in Calcutta and grew up in West Bengal before his family moved to London when he was ten years old. As a boy, the dramatic landscapes of India and the ornate architecture of its temples, mosques and synagogues with their theatrical rituals had a profound effect on Judah's developing psyche. These theatrical elements were to resurface in his own later work.

He studied sculpture as a postgraduate at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Later, Judah was taken with the public nature of this work and decided to find settings for his own art in more public arenas than the rarefied spaces of conventional galleries. He began to build a reputation for innovative design, working in film, television, theatre, museums and public spaces. He created spectacular settings for institutions such as BBC, British Museum, Natural History Museum, Imperial War Museum, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, The Who, David Bailey, Terence Donovan, Sting, Godley and Creme and Ridley Scott Associates. He has also created spectacular sculptures for Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, Renault, Ford, Rolls-Royce, Honda, Toyota, Land Rover and Alfa Romeo at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed and has designed bridges in London and Cambridge. Amongst a number of commissions from public museums and institutions, Judah was asked by the Imperial War Museum in London to create a large model of the selection ramp in Auschwitz Birkenau for the Holocaust Exhibition. Returning to his fine art beginnings he began to make art born of his reflections on historical events. He created a body of large three-dimensional paintings exploring the devastations of war and the ravages man has made upon the environment caused by recent conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East with solo exhibitions: 'ANGELS' at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London in 2006 and the British High Commission, India in 2007, 'MOTHERLANDS' at the Louise T Blouin Foundation.

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Gerry Judah / Gerry Judah est né à Calcuttta et a grandi au Bengal occidental avant que sa famille n’aille vivre à Londres quand il avait 10 ans. Tout jeune, les paysages dramatiques de l’Inde et l’architecture ornementale de ses temples, les mosquées et les synagogues avec les rituels spectaculaires ont marqué son éducation d’enfant. Ces éléments scéniques se retrouveront dans son travail futur.

Il a étudié la sculpture en fin de cycle universitaire à School of Fine Art, University College London. Plus tard, Judah était amené à produire son travail devant un large public autre que dans les espaces confinés des galeries d’art. Il se fait une réputation en tant que designer novateur en travaillant pour des films, le théâtre, le cinéma, la télévision, les musées et des espaces publics. Il élabore des mises en scène spectaculaires pour BBC, British Museum, Natural History Museum, Imperial War Museum, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, The Who, David Bailey, Terence Donovan, Sting, Godley and Creme and Ridley Scott Associates. Il a aussi composé des sculptures spectaculaires pour Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, Renault, Ford, Rolls-Royce, Honda, Toyota, Land Rover et Alfa Romeo à l’occasion du Festival de la Vitesse de Goodwood. On demande aussi à Judah de créer un tremplin pour l’Exposition  Hollocaust à Auschwitz Birkenau. En retrouvant l’art qu’il produisait au début de sa carrière, Judah commence à travailler sur ses réflexions à propos d’évènements historiques. Il conçoit une collection de peintures en trois dimensions qui vont explorer les ravages de la guerre et ceux que l’homme inflige à son environnement. Sa vision des récents conflits en Europe Orientale et au Moyen-Orient va se retrouver dans plusieurs expositions : 'ANGELS' au Royal Institute of British Architects, Londres et à la British High Commission, India, 'MOTHERLANDS' à la Louise T Blouin Foundation.