Lyn Lowenstein began work on The Homophobic Alphabet in 1998 in response to the campaign to prevent the repeal of Clause 28 which restricted the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by Local Government in Britain.
The project which continues today takes a number of forms including self contained works, limited edition prints and a spurious educational kit – a booklet and wall-chart distributed to Edinburgh’s Primary Schools to teach children about prejudice.
In spring of 2004, Rachel Whiteread was offered the annual Unileve Series commision toproduce a piece for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. However, she delayes th acceptance for 5 to 6 months until she was confident she could conceive a work to fill the space.
In 1993. the band, KLF announced they would award the Turner Prize winner of that year £40,000 for the worst artwork. This award was significantly more than the £20,000 Turner prize award. Whiteread was awarded both these prizes. She initially refused to collect the KLF prize, but when they threated to perform a live burning of the money should it remain unclaimed, Whiteread collected the prize and donnated the £40,000 award to charity.
Courtesy of J. Duffy & C. Woods.
Juergen Teller was born in Erlangen, Germany in 1964. He studied at Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, Germany before moving to London in the early 1980s. In the UK, Teller was introduced to the world of fashion photography and used his assignments at i-D, The Face, Index and W magazines as resources from which he could nurture his own photographic sensibility.
Selected works by Jurgen Teller are available to view at Inverleith House Gallery, Edinburgh until April 15th 2007
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When the late Martin Kippenberger said ‘every artist is a human being’ it was a twist on Joseph Beuys’s famous proclaimation that ‘Everybody is an artist.’
Kippenberger was a prolific artist, best known for his mock-Neo-Expressionist style painting he also combined many differing styles and media in the production of sculpture.
Courtesy of C. Woods
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