Stuart Brisley

Stuart Brisley (born 1933) is a British artist.

Brisley studied at Guildford School of Art from 1949 to 1954 and at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1959. In 1959–60 he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Germany, and from 1960 to 1962 studied at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, in the United States.

In 1968 he took part in the occupation of Hornsey College of Art by staff and students, the "Hornsey sit-in".

In the 1960s and 1970s he was active as a performance artist; his works were inspired by Marxist political ideas, and frequently used extended duration as an aspect of the performance. In the 1980s he turned to sculpture and installation art.

After a long academic career, Brisley is a Professor Emeritus of the Slade School of Fine Art.

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Brisley

Coordinates: 52°45′18″N 0°53′17″E / 52.75501°N 0.88813°E / 52.75501; 0.88813

Brisley is a village in the English county of Norfolk located about halfway between Fakenham and East Dereham. It covers an area of 4.90 km² (1.89 sq mi) and had a population of 276 in 117 households at the 2001 census The population at the 2011 Census was 281. The Village is located along the B1145 a route which runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley. English: habitational name from a place in Norfolk named in Old English with briosa ‘gadfly’ (Horsefly) + leah ‘woodland clearing’. Brisley although not recorded in the Domesday Book, had risen to become the 8th most affluent, out of 31 parishes in the Launditch hundred, by the time of the 1334 Lay Subsidy.

Notable buildings

St Bartholomews Church

St Bartholomews Church was entirely rebuilt in the period 1370–1460. It seems probable that the money for this great rebuilding was derived from wool, which was Brisley’s main source of wealth at that time and the probable reason for its rapid rise in prosperity in the 14th century.

Brisley (surname)

Brisley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: