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| Much of her work uses organic materials, with ], ]s and ]s all featuring in her work. Sometimes these materials undergo a change during the course their being exhibited. In ''Red on Green'' (1992), ten thousand rose heads placed on a bed of their stalks gradually withered as the exhibition went on. For ''Intensities and Surfaces'' (1996) Gallaccio left a thirty two ton block of ] with a ] core in the disused ] and allowed it to melt. | |||
| Other works by Gallaccio include ''Stroke'' (1993) in which benches in the gallery and cardboard panels attached to the walls were covered in ] and ''Because Nothing has Changed'' (2000), a ] sculpture of a ] adorned with ] ]s. ''Because I Could Not Stop'' (2002) is a similar bronze tree but with real apples which are left to rot. | |||
| In 2003, Gallaccio was shortlisted for the ]. One of her pieces for the show was ''preserve "beauty"'', 1991–2003, which was made from glass, fixings and 2,000 red ]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/west+midlands/birmingham/art16312 |title=Anya Gallaccio at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham |date=24 April 2003 |publisher=Culture24 |accessdate=27 November 2009}}</ref> | In 2003, Gallaccio was shortlisted for the ]. One of her pieces for the show was ''preserve "beauty"'', 1991–2003, which was made from glass, fixings and 2,000 red ]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/west+midlands/birmingham/art16312 |title=Anya Gallaccio at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham |date=24 April 2003 |publisher=Culture24 |accessdate=27 November 2009}}</ref> | ||
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Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a Scottish artist, who often works with organic matter. She was a nominee in the 2003 Turner Prize.
Life and career
Anya Gallaccio was born in Paisley, Scotland to TV producer George Gallaccio and actress Maureen Morris, and studied at Kingston Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College. In 1988—the year she graduated from Goldsmiths—she exhibited in the Damien Hirst-curated Freeze exhibition, and in 1990 the Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas organized East Country Yard shows, which brought together many of the Young British Artists. Gallaccio is a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Gallaccio has exhibited extensively in commercial galleries and institutions. She has recently exhibited at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; The Eastshire Museums in Scotland, Kilmarnock; Camden Arts Centre, London; Sculpture Center, New York; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; and Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany. Her work is featured in numerous public and private collections such as the Tate; the Victoria and Albert Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; and South Gallery, London.
2005 saw the publication of Anya Gallaccio: Silver Seed by Ridinghouse, which accompanied the artist's exhibition commissioned by the Mount Stuart Trust for an installation at Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
In 2006, she was listed on the Pink Power list of 100 most influential gay and lesbian people of 2006.
Art practice
In 2003, Gallaccio was shortlisted for the Turner Prize. One of her pieces for the show was preserve "beauty", 1991–2003, which was made from glass, fixings and 2,000 red gerberas.
At Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Marquess of Cholmondeley commissioned a folly to the east of the great house. "The Sybil Hedge" is an "artlandish" folly. It is based on the signature of the marquis' grandmother, Sybil Sassoon. Gallaccio has created a sarcophagus-like marble structure which is sited at the end of a path; and nearby is a copper-beech hedge which is planted in lines mirroring Sybil’s signature.
References
- UCSD Faculty
- "Silver Seed". Ridinghouse. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- The Independent, (July 2, 2006), Gay Power: The pink list. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
- "Anya Gallaccio at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham". Culture24. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- McCarthy, Anna. "Focus on Jeffe Hein," Houghton Hall Education Newsletter, January 2009, p. 3.]
- Donald, Caroline. "The new garden at Houghton Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk," The Times (London). May 11, 2008.
External links
- Biography from Grove Art at the Tate Gallery
- List of exhibitions and literature on Gallaccio from artnet.com
- A brief interview with Gallaccio on beat
- Anya Gallaccio at Lehmann Maupin Gallery
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