Abigail Lane
Abigail Lane (born 1967) is an English artist who works in photography, wax casting, printing and sound.
Life and work
Lane was born in
Lane exhibited in the Damien Hirst curated Freeze in 1988, with others including Gary Hume RA, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae RA.[5] Karsten Schubert gave her the first solo show in 1992.[6] One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth'[3] hosted at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1995.[3] Lane went on to have a solo show at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht in 1996.[3]
In October 2003, with her two friends Bob Pain and Brigitte Stepputtis, Lane launched a design company in 2003[7] from her London based studio called "Showroom Dummies" . "Showroom Dummies" included a collection of cushions, tiles, fabrics, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings[8] which Lane described as 'things I would want in my own house"[9]
Exhibitions
- Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, 1988
- New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1989
- Modern Medicine, Building One, London, 1990
- Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, 1991
- Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Abigail Lane, Via Farini, Milan, Italy, 1992
- Abigail Lane: Making History Karsten Schubert, 1992
- Group show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Stein Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1992
- 20 Fragile Pieces. Galerie Barbara et Luigi Polla, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992
- Skin of Teeth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1995
- Privacy, Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993
See also
- Young British Artists
- Freeze exhibition
References
- ^ ISBN 090526374-X.
- ^ Abigail Lane Biography
- ^ ISBN 0500280428.
- ^ Sarah Lucas: 'Moving to the country was very magical somehow'
- ^ "Art review: Abigail Lane". The Guardian. 29 October 2001. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023.
- ^ Artist biography
- ^ "SHOWROOM DUMMIES". 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Dominic; Steiner, Susie (12 October 2002). "Private view". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Beard, Alison. "The eerie interior universe of Abigail Lane" (PDF). Financial Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2018.