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The history of Western art can also be said to be the history of the studio, but surprisingly little has been written about the subject, especially modern or contemporary practice. Sanctuary opens doors normally closed to the public, inviting intrigue and even controversy.
Artists have always invested their personalities in their working environments. Although artists today have new modes of working enabled by new technologies, studios continue to open a window on the creative act. The immense interest in the opening of Francis Bacon’s London studio to the public and its transplanting to Ireland signalled the dawning significance of the studio in critical thinking about new art and culture.
The studio has become a creative centre for experimentation often extending beyond the bounds of a single space. It has also, for some, become a hiding place. Sanctuary: Britain’s Artists and their Studios looks behind the scenes at both artists’ lives and their workplaces, encouraging them to explore their methods and personalities.
Surveying 120 artists living and working in Britain today, from the most noteworthy to new, upcoming talent, Sanctuary offers a feast of specially commissioned photographs while following each artist through their working routines. Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley, Jenny Saville, Anish Kapoor, Mark Wallinger, Phyllida Barlow, Jane and Louise Wilson, Thomas Houseago, Tracey Emin, the Chapman Brothers and many others.
In addition to individual interviews with all the artists featured in the book, three essays explore the meanings, configurations and personalities of a huge range of studio settings and environments in contemporary British art.
Sanctuary List of Artists:
Darren Almond
Hurvin Anderson
Ron Arad Frank Auerbach
Charles Avery
Fiona Banner
Claire Barclay
Phyllida Barlow
Tony Bevan
Peter Blake
Pablo Bronstein
Cecily Brown
Angela Bulloch
Varda Caivano
Anthony Caro
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Gordon Cheung
Mat Collishaw
Nigel Cooke
Keith Coventry
Tony Cragg
Martin Creed
Dexter Dalwood
Enrico David
Shezad Dawood
Richard Deacon
Tacita Dean
Tracey Emin
Adam Fuss
Anya Gallacio
Ryan Gander
Gilbert & George
Liam Gillick
Douglas Gordon
Antony Gormley
Paul Graham
Maggi Hambling
Anne Hardy
David Harrison
Mona Hatoum
Susan Hiller
Roger Hiorns
Howard Hodgkin
Thomas Houseago
Shirazeh Houshiary
Richard Hudson
Des Hughes
Gary Hume
Chantal Joffe
Peter Joseph
Isaac Julien
Anish Kapoor
Idris Khan
Rachel Kneebone
Jim Lambie
Michael Landy
Ximena Garrido Lecca
Edward Lipski
Hew Locke
Sarah Lucas
Peter MacDonald
Goshka Macuga
Helen Marten
Michael Craig Martin
Jason Martin
Gustav Metzger
Jonathan Monk
Katy Moran
Polly Morgan
David Nash
Adam Neate
Mike Nelson
David Noonan
Humphrey Ocean
Cornelia Parker
Simon Periton
Grayson Perry
Ged Quinn
Marc Quinn
Fiona Rae
Paula Rego
Eva Rothschild
Jenny Saville
Hiraki Sawa
Maaike Schoorel
Sean Scully
George Shaw
Raqib Shaw
Conrad Shawcross
Yinka Shonibare
Bob and Roberta Smith
Hannah Starkey
John Stezaker
Juergen Teller
Wolfgang Tillmans
Gavin Turk
Keith Tyson
Phoebe Unwin
Donald Urquhart
Mark Wallinger
Rebecca Warren
Jonathan Wateridge
Gilliam Wearing
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Richard Wentworth
Nicole Wermers
Rachel Whiteread
Alison Wilding
Lucy Williams
Jane and Louise Wilson
Richard Wright
Bill Woodrow
Clare Woods
Catherine Yass
Jonathan Yeo
Toby Ziegler |