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A disabled person, many of the objects Heaton has used and ideas pursued have been within a disability context and have resonated with his experience, both individually and in his interaction with the world. Working with a wide range of materials, Heaton sometimes uses what has been called ‘the impedimenta of disability’ such as charity collecting cans, old wheelchairs or invalid carriages with surprising and often subversive results.
The Inside Out Lecture Series at Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University is an incredible opportunity to present international cutting-edge research and arts practice innovation to our research and teaching community here and to the wider national and international public.
Picture credit: Steve Wood
Tony Heaton OBE, is a Sculptor and Consultant/Advisor to cultural organisations including the British Council. He is the initiator of NDACA – the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive. His sculpture, Gold Lamé, occupied The Liverpool Plinth via the USA, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and currently Venice. Heaton was awarded an OBE for services to the arts and disability arts movement.
