STATEMENT Abigail's practice centres on the everyday, ranging from mini sculptures and artists' books to interventions and installations. She is influenced by Kurt Schwitters an artist who worked in the time of the Dada movement, like Schwitters she is a collector of mundane and found objects. Unlike Schwitters (who was not a great enthusiast for keeping images of his work) Abigail catalogues the documentation of her own work, sometimes obsessively recording the pieces in any media possible or suitable, this in turn is used as part of future pieces of work. This referencing within her own practice is something that makes her work quite unique and brings the different aspects of her work together. Photocopies are an integral part of Abigail's book arts practice. She uses this method of reproduction to create small editions and sometimes one-off pieces making the application of this mass-production machine seem misplaced. The materials that make up the image of the work (found objects, papers, text etc…) are often assembled on the glass bed of the copier; the layers are built up until the desired page layout is achieved. This is then copied as a page in a small edition (often an edition of 10 or fewer) and disassembled when the correct amount for the edition is reached, this arrangement can never be precisely reproduced again, making the small 'print run' quite special, sometimes even unique. Textiles and the use of repetitive crafting runs strongly throughout Abigail's practice, although inherently feminine these processes are not a feminist statement rather an acceptance of traditional craft-making that is making a well earnt come back to a modern culture that understands the need for ecology. 2008 | ||
CV 12th
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October 2007 22nd
June 2007 1st August - 3rd
September 2006 19th
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October 2004
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March 2004 28th
Feb-4th March 2004 16th-21st
February 2004 24th-26th
May 2002 4th-8th
March 2002 Magazines & Publications Creature Magazine - mini issue 'one minute wonders' (September 2007) - online magazine - http://www.creaturemag.com/wonders/ Decanter Zine - issue 2 (September 2007) Decanter Zine - issue 1 (2006) Education and Qualifications 2002-2005 BA (Hons) Fine Art 2000-2002 BTEC
National Diploma in Fine Art | ||