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a-n Magazine

August 2001

Paula Rego gets by with a little help from her friends, while Melanie Jordan favours collaboration. East meets West at the 49th Venice Biennale as Gothenburg opens its first. Report on corporate collections, painting and photography reviewed and impact of foot and mouth on the craft market assessed.

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Commentaries

The artist and the call centre

As part of the Year of the Artist I was the visual artist-in-residence in First Direct Bank's call centre. A call centre is an invisible public space. As users of a call centre we make contact, transact and are off line. They are part of… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

Skinny beach huts

I collaborate with artist Cas Holmes under the name 'Art for Alternative Spaces' and have just finished a Year of the Artist residency in a caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It is a remote area, bleak in the winter, awash with London… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

Sensory stories

In the February 2001 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE London-based charity Bag Books, which specialises in creating and producing tactile stories for people with profound disabilities, advertised for a full time Craft Worker. The post was given to Rebekah Thomas who talks about the company's objectives in fullfilling the literary and creative needs of people with physical and learning abilities. Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

New Wave

Since completing an MA, my career has included solo and group shows both in the UK and New York. My images are informed by cultural theory and I work on themes gleaned from graphic illustration, Manga, Pop Art, Postmodernism and cinema. I have also… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

Diatoms

It was whilst studying on a ceramics and glass course at the University of Sunderland that I was seduced by the beauty of glass. Since then, my work has developed into simple geometric forms in slumped float glass made in direct response to a… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

Clay couture

There has always been a quirky side to my work. I love anything that is eccentric, especially costume that is ridiculous and impractical. Performance costume and fashion have always influenced my work. I aspire to the drama and glamour built up… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

A fixed abode

In this exhibition we explored the relationship between people and their homes. By altering everyday objects, such as clothing, furniture and the decor of the home; we asked the viewer to look afresh at them. We explored our domestic history,… Subscribers read on…

Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001

Reviews

Stuart Purdy: Starland

B16 Gallery, Birmingham 17 June – 22 July Read on…

Review, a-n Magazine August 2001

Jo Gorner and Sue Mundy

Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield 10 June – 27 August Read on…

Review, a-n Magazine August 2001

Emma Stibbon

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth 19 May – 22 July Read on…

Review, a-n Magazine August 2001

Daniel Sturgis: New Painting

Berwick Gymnasium, Berwick upon Tweed 26 May – 8 July Read on…

Review, a-n Magazine August 2001

Alan Russell: Around Reality

Watershed, Bristol 19 June – 5 August Read on…

Review, a-n Magazine August 2001

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