Keith Godard (31 May 1938 - 4 May 2020) was a British born graphic artist[1][2] and designer who practiced in New York City.[3][4] He was the principal artist at StudioWorks.[5]
Early life and education
editGodard was born in London during World War II. His father was a heraldic engraver. In 1951, his father took him to the Festival of Britain which exposed him to 50's modern design by the work of FHK Henrion, Abram Games, James Gardiner and the architecture of the 'Dome of Discovery' and the 'Skylon'. He studied and graduated from the London College of Printing and Graphic Art in 1962 and continued his studies on a full scholarship from the London County Council for a MFA majoring in graphic design at Yale University, School of Art and Architecture in 1967.
Professional career
editHis first employment was with George Him, a Polish designer and illustrator. He then worked for Town Magazine where he was responsible for typographic layouts. He briefly worked for The Weekend Telegraph Magazine from 1964-1965 before going to Graduate School at Yale University. After graduation Godard worked at Fortune Magazine for six months.
Godard, with Craig Hodgetts, Bob Mangurian and Lester Walker, formed Works design Group in 1968.[6][7] Their first design was the Creative Playthings store. Godard designed the graphics component.
From 1975 to 1985 he worked with new partners, Hans van Dijk and Stephanie Tevonian. During that tenure he designed in collaboration with Edwin Schlossberg the Macomber Farm out door exhibit, The Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Exhibition, The US Custom House Pavilion, 'In the Picture' for the Jewish Museum, aspects of The P.T. Barnum Museum exhibits, Manhattan Children's Museum installation 'Children's Art from Armenia', and four traveling exhibits for United Nations Agencies.
In 1986 Godard established StudioWorks where he is the principal designer, specializing in exhibition design, way finding and public art. He designed and built, 'Steel, Stone and Backbone, Building NYC Subways 1900-1925' for the Brooklyn Transit Museum, and signage systems for the Lincoln Center and banners for the Lincoln Center and signage for Cornell University Performing Arts Center for architect Sir James Stirling. 'Memories of Twenty Third Street, a mosaic mural for the MTA, Arts for Transit installed in Subway Station on the R line in 2003.[8][9][10]
From 2000 until 2009 he designed a series of die-cut architecture lecture posters for the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. In 2015 he is designing scannable graphics for apps in print and mural forms.
Exhibitions
edit- 'Image of the Studio' group exhibition Cooper Union Art Gallery 2014
- 'Unfolding Keith Godard' The 0-0-0-art-space Hangzhou P.R. China, 2011
- Nanjing University School of Design P.R. China, 2012[11]
- 'Le Pèrigord et New York en Images' Le Musée des Bastides, Monpazier, France, 2008
- Les Musées des Belvès, France, 2009,[12] 2012
- 'This Way That Way': a retrospective of work 1963-2003' Rosenwald-Wolff Gallery, Philadelphia, 2004
- Cooper Union School of Art Gallery, 2005
- 'Images of an Era: The American Poster 1945-75' The Corcoran Gallery, Washington 1976
- Collection of work in The Museum of Modern Art, Le Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris,
- The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution, The Cooper Union
- National Archives in Washington DC
Publications including his work
edit- This Way -- That Way Lars Muller Publishers ISBN 3-907078-63-2
- Design Firms Open For Business Steve Heller /Lita Talarico ISBN 1581159307
- All Men Are Brothers Published by Hesign, China 2006 ISBN 3-9810544-0-7
- Signs and Spaces Publisher: Rockport Publishers, 1994
- "Keith Godard" by Laetitia Costes, in graphé Bulletin de l’association pour la promotion de l’art typographique No 59, July 2014, pages 8 – 15
References
edit- ^ "Artists Design Markers for The Bronx's Culture Trail" Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. DNA Info, By Eddie Small | November 24, 2014
- ^ "Les plans aériens de Keith Godard sur le Périgord". Sud Ouest Éco.
- ^ Collins, Glenn (14 August 2004). "Making Sense of New York from 86 Stories Up". New York Times.
- ^ "Marking the South Bronx’s culture: At Casita Maria, markers created for Culture Trail". Brie Hunter - South Bronx Express. By Teodora Altomare on December 10, 2014
- ^ Daines, Daines. "space explorer". Baseline. No. 24.
- ^ "Mystery Of Kennedy Wedding Ends Today". Gadsden Times - Jul 19, 1986
- ^ Frampton, Kenneth (January 1976). "Keith Godard of Works". Idea Magazines. No. 134.
- ^ "Artwork: Memories of Twenty-Third Street (Keith Godard)". NYX Subway Art Tour
- ^ "23rd Street Subway Station Art Pays Homage to Flatiron’s History as a Fashion Hub". Untapped Cities, Spencer Cohen.
- ^ "Free art crawl a tour of subway exhibits". New York Newsday. March 29, 2012
- ^ "Professor Keith Godard Works Exhibition Held in School of Design"[permanent dead link]. Nanjing University of the Arts.
- ^ "NEWS & NOTES, JULY 2009: Keith Godard between New York and the Périgord". AGI Magazine.