DILWORTH, Norman (Orrell, 1931 - Lille, 2023)Norman Dilworth. In the nature of things

Norman Dilworth, was an English artist, born in Orrell, UK, whose systematic, constructivist and concrete work has been exhibited and appreciated mainly in continental Europe, where it can be found in numerous national collections. During the 1950s, Dilworth was an important figure in contemporary art, exhibiting in the Young Contemporaries Exhibitions in 1953, 1954 and 1955 and the John Moores Exhibition in 1959. Dilworth's work became associated with kinetic art and in 1966 he took part in an exhibition alongside Bridget Riley and Michael Kidner at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry. In 1980, Dilworth participated in the curatorship of the exhibition Pier+Ocean, in which his work was included alongside other artists from the Constructionist and System Group. This important group exhibition explored the relationship between Constructivist art, Land art, Arte Povera, Minimalism and Conceptualism.
When Dilworth moved from Amsterdam to Lille in 2002, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam organised a farewell exhibition. Dilworth's first retrospective in France took place between 8 July and 30 September 2007 at the Museé Matisse in Le Cateau-Cambrèsis.