40 Years 40 Artists: the 2000s
Read the third set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
Read the third set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
Zarah Hussain discusses the impact on her practice of technological change and social media, and reflects on events of 2020.
Tai Shani discusses the need for change around artists’ pay and the “ethical gap between artists and institutions.”
Amy Gear and Daniel Clark, founders of Gaada in Shetland, describe how they are “creating an art world on an island.”
Larry Achiampong reflects on the role of art as “a place to conversate, to agree, to disagree, to hope, to dream, to imagine, to debate.”
Harold Offeh outlines how his success as an artist “has been built on the hard efforts, work and activism of previous generations.”
Mark Titchner describes the role of art in engendering empathy and how artists “hold up a muddy mirror to the world”.
Bedwyr Williams considers the role of art and the main changes he’s experienced as an artist over the last 20 years.
Read the second set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
Richard Billingham reflects on the turning points in his photography and experimental films, which he began making during the 1990s.
Lubaina Himid remembers the difficulties and successes of the “wilderness years” of 1990s, and how she built her “whole life around making work.”
Jane and Louise Wilson discuss the start of their artistic collaboration in the 1990s, and how a-n is “an essential resource.”
Grayson Perry recalls the technical progress of his work, his first commercial gallery shows, and ‘hitting his prices’ in the 1990s.
2020 graduate Jody Mulvey discusses founding SADGRADS and her hopes for the future.
Keith Piper, a founding member of the Blk Art Group and now a member of a-n’s Board, outlines the evolution of his practice during the 1980s.
Sunil Gupta discusses making work about the experiences of gay men in his hometown of Delhi and setting up Autograph in the 1980s.