page_title: Gordon Young (artist)
hierarchical_section_title: Gordon Young (artist)
caption_attribution_description: English: Comedy Carpet in Blackpool
context_page_description: Gordon Young is a British artist specialising in public art, often including typographical elements. His Comedy Carpet on Blackpool Promenade, at 2,200m², has been said to be the largest piece of public art in Britain.
  He was born in Carlisle and trained at Coventry Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art. He was curator of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and director of the Welsh Sculpture Trust before becoming a full-time artist in 1984.
context_section_description: Gordon Young is a British artist specialising in public art, often including typographical elements. His Comedy Carpet on Blackpool Promenade (2011), at 2,200m², has been said to be the largest piece of public art in Britain.
  He was born in Carlisle and trained at Coventry Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art.  He was curator of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and director of the Welsh Sculpture Trust before becoming a full-time artist in 1984.
caption: The Comedy Carpet on Blackpool promenade
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