Keith Coventry

Keith Coventry is a British artist who was born on December 30, 1958. One of his greatest achievements was winning the £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize for his painting called 'Spectrum Jesus'.

Coventry made a series of paintings which were Estate Paintings. His Estate paintings are thought to be like homages to Kasimir Malevich's Suprematist paintings. These pieces usually consist of geometric shapes which are usually in a black or dark red colour.These geometric shapes represents the layout of buildings found outside British council estates. Out of all Estate paintings that Coventry has painted, Two of his paintings are in the Tate Gallery. Many of the estates that have been painted have either demolished or are scheduled to be demolished.

Estate Paintings: