Nigel Rolfe
Born on the Isle of Wight, Rolfe has lived and worked in Dublin for much of his adult life. Considering all art-making as live, in the ‘70s he called his work “Sculptures In Motion”. He has consistently remained a Performance Artist, as well as making video, photographs and working with sound.
Nigel Rolfe
Performance documentation / Examples of works
Red Towers/ The Treatment of Individual Parts, 1978, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
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Red Wedge, 1978, Acme Gallery, London
Zebra, Time/Space Series, 1978, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Crawling/Markings, 1978, Symposium Neue Gallery, Aachen, West Germany
Mound Man, 1977, St Andrews University and Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Bird, Dog, Tree, 1974, Boston and Toronto.
Publications
ROLFE, Nigel (1999) Live, Ireland: Beyond Borders
Study Room Ref: P0959
ROLFE, Nigel (1981) Red Wedge, 1978: a documentary publication, ACME Gallery, London
ROLFE, Nigel (1994) Archive, Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art [cat.] [includes reproductions of invitations to Nigel Rolfe’s performances at Chapter Arts Centre in June 1978].
Website
Talks/Interviews
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, 2011
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Nigel Rolfe, Red Wedge at The Acme Gallery, London, 3 – 15 July (1978). Courtesy of Acme, Acme Archive.
Nigel Rolfe, Running Man, (1978). Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Nigel Rolfe, Table 1 Mound Man, (1976). Co Meath Ireland.
