Contemporary British Women Artists In Their Own Words

by Fortnum, Rebecca

• ISBN13: 9781845112240
• ISBN10: 1845112245
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-23
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

In these brand new interviews, twenty of the most important women artists practicing internationally but based in Britain discuss their work, their influences and their relationship with the art historical canon. Enlightening and hugely entertaining, the interviews, with artists spanning different generations and working in media as diverse as performance art, painting, sculpture, video and installation, give fascinating insights into both the artists' lives and the creative process. Fortnum speaks to: Jananne Al-Ani, Gillian Ayres, Claire Barclay, Christine Borland, Sonia Boyce, Maria Chevska, Tacita Dean, Tracey Emin, Anya Gallaccio, Lucy Gunning, Jane Harris, Runa Islam, Vanessa Jackson, Emma Kay, Tanya Kovats, Maria Lalic, Hayley Newman, Paula Rego and Jemima Stehli and Tomoko Takahashi.

Author Biography

Rebecca Fortnum is Visiting Tutor at St Martins School of Art and Camberwell College of Art, London and Research Fellow in Art, Lancaster University. She has taught and written widely and from 1994 to 1999 was Chair of the Gasworks Gallery London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	iv
Introduction	v
Anya Gallaccio	1
Christine Borland	9
Jane Harris	17
Hayley Newman	25
Maria Lalk	33
Jananne Al-Ani	39
Gillian Ayres	47
Tracey Emin	55
Lucy Gunning	65
Jemima Stehli	73
Claire Barclay	81
Maria Chevska	87
Tacita Dean	95
Emma Kay	105
Sonia Boyce	113
Tania Kovats	121
Runa Islam	131
Vanessa Jackson	137
Tomoko Takahashi	145
Paula Rego	153
Artists' Biographies	161