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Lacey, Bruce
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Bruce Lacey, born in 1927, is a British artist, performer and eccentric. He completed national service in the Navy and then became established on the avant-garde scene with his performance art and mechanical constructs. From 1948, he studied at Hornsey College of Art, followed by attendance at the Royal College of Art in the early 1950s. He formed a close association with The Alberts performance group and The Goon Show during this decade, helping pioneer a surrealist British sense of humour. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Fairport Convention, and his most famous appearance in front of the camera was as a flute-playing gardener in 'Help!', the Beatles' feature film. As well as being equally comfortable working behind the camera, Lacey worked on experimental theatre performances and created mechanical devices. He was a visiting professor at several Art Colleges in the 1960s and 70s. Later, he moved to Norfolk with his wife and became part of a fair making network, Albion Fairs. Specifically he was responsible for running the "Faerie Fair" at Lyng, Norfolk in 1981-82. In 1996 there was a major retrospective of his life and art at the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art. A major survey of his work ran at the Camden Arts Centre, from 7 July to 16 September 2012. As of 2014, he still works and performs, often at the Norwich Arts Centre.
Sources: [http://www.trunkrecords.com/turntable/bruce_lacey.shtml, accessed 6 Aug 2015] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lacey, accessed 6 Aug 2015]