Pauline Amos
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Pauline Amos born in Liverpool, UK; currently based in London, works internationally.
First came to media attention in 2005, with a painting on sale in London for £1.3m, a comment on the art/commodities markets;
followed by a series of performance works; featured in The Times newspaper; working in the art collective Luxor with
William Orbit and Anna-mi Fredriksson.
Interview and quizzed on Radio 4 Womans Hour programme by Jenni Murray
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'Combining performance and painting works, began in 1999 - Master of Arts degree followed by a Phd with Professor Edward Cowie
at Dartington College of Arts
and a series of performed works titled ‘My Flesh My Canvas’ that led to many works in Europe and Asia. Using the body ‘as a blank canvas’ has been paramount to the Amos code; ‘ the world imposes itself, some of it good some of it bad – we own and are the canvas that is to be composed and structured and painted upon ' Amos
In October 2009, Amos, and classically trained dancer, Anna-Mi Fredriksson, paired up to present an exhibition and performance of painting, sound and movement. William Orbit joined the collaboration and LUXOR was created.
Citing Robert Robert Enrico
's film version of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
as an influential film for her, curiosity with film making and having a close connection with film producer Colin Vaines has enabled new work in films that have been shown in various festivals including the short film festival at Cannes, the most recent being ‘Love Scars’ with Meredith Ostrom
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First came to media attention in 2005, with a painting on sale in London for £1.3m, a comment on the art/commodities markets;
followed by a series of performance works; featured in The Times newspaper; working in the art collective Luxor with
William Orbit and Anna-mi Fredriksson.
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I place my self within the painting and become part of it, the art is the person - the life that is making the work. The paintings are documents and a recording of an event, an action that happened - they are not the work; the action, the performance the improvised and impulsive moment is the work
Interview and quizzed on Radio 4 Womans Hour programme by Jenni Murray
Jenni Murray
Dame Jennifer Susan "Jenni" Murray, DBE is a British journalist and broadcaster. She attended Barnsley Girls High School and has a degree in French and Drama from Hull University...
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'Combining performance and painting works, began in 1999 - Master of Arts degree followed by a Phd with Professor Edward Cowie
Edward Cowie
Edward Cowie is an English composer, author, Natural Scientist, and painter-Biography:Cowie was born in Birmingham, England in 1943 and spent most of his early life in the rural countryside...
at Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts institution near Totnes, Devon, South West England, it specialized in post-dramatic theatre, music, choreography, Performance Writing and visual performance, focusing on a performative and multi-disciplinary approach to the arts. In addition to this,...
and a series of performed works titled ‘My Flesh My Canvas’ that led to many works in Europe and Asia. Using the body ‘as a blank canvas’ has been paramount to the Amos code; ‘ the world imposes itself, some of it good some of it bad – we own and are the canvas that is to be composed and structured and painted upon ' Amos
In October 2009, Amos, and classically trained dancer, Anna-Mi Fredriksson, paired up to present an exhibition and performance of painting, sound and movement. William Orbit joined the collaboration and LUXOR was created.
Citing Robert Robert Enrico
Robert Enrico
Robert Georgio Enrico was a French film director and scriptwriter.He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.-Filmography as director:* Fait d'hiver...
's film version of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was originally published in 1890, and first collected in Bierce's 1891 book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians...
as an influential film for her, curiosity with film making and having a close connection with film producer Colin Vaines has enabled new work in films that have been shown in various festivals including the short film festival at Cannes, the most recent being ‘Love Scars’ with Meredith Ostrom
Meredith Ostrom
Meredith Joy Ostrom is an actress/model/Painter.From Swedish, German, English and Lithuanian descent. A graduate of New York University, Tisch school of the arts. She has emerged as an artist since 2007...
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