Alan Kane

Born:
1961
Residence:
London, United Kingdom
Nationality:
British
Trust:
APT London
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PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Even id it’s been thought in relationship to the exhibition “Vernacular Alchemists”, presented at Passerelle Contemporary art center in 2014, “Naturally Obscure” is not its logical poursuit.

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  • Marat has just been stabbed through the heart. The revolutionary leader lies dead in his bath, one hand stubbing the nib of his once-powerful pen on

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  • The city of Liverpool's most famous left-wingers may be Barnes and McManaman, but the great northern city's politics has always been stoutly left of centre.

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  • Looking ahead to the wedding of Prince William of Wales to Kate Middleton, 'The Royal Family' is an exhibition that focuses on contemporary artist's representations

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  • Ancient and Modern is a tiny contemporary art gallery in east London, on the kind of street where the rows of betting shops and scruffy caffs might

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  • Dazed's visual arts editor, Francesca Gavin, looks back at last week's art frenzy and picks her highlights.

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  • Supporters are fighting to save The Public, a five-year-old, £67m arts centre in West Bromwich, which Arts Council England (ACE) awarded more than £31

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  • Edinburgh Art Festival 2013: Culture24 picks ten to look out for in the Scottish capital...

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  • Whatever happened to the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, Soviet Russia's gift to the Polish people, and still the biggest building in Warsaw?

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  • There is plenty to stare at in Frieze, and it's not just the art. On Thursday, during the VIP/press opening, it was hard not to be diverted from the

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1961 in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Alan Kane lives and works in London. Kane’s practice is concerned with blurring the boundary between the artist and the viewer. His work challenges the system of hierarchies that privileges certain artistic forms over others, notably the distinction between high art and more common cultural activity. While producing a singular body of work that includes photography and installation, his practice is also involved in framing instances of everyday creativity. Kane is well know for his long-term collaboration with Jeremy Deller, which has yielded a number of works, including the “Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK” (2000-ongoing), an extensive project gathering objects, performances and events associated with Britain’s local folk culture.

Recent solo exhibitions and projects include “Vanitas Vanitatum Omnia Vanitas” at the London College of Fashion (2010), the Artangel/ Jerwood Open commission for Channel 4 television (2009), “Disarrays” at Ancient & Modern, London (2009) and “The Stratford Hoard”, Art on the Underground, Stratford Station, London (2008). His work has also been shown as part of “The Comic in Art” at Tate Britain, London (2010), “On Publications, Portrait, Peformance and Public Art, Modern Institute, Glasgow (2010), “Insiders: Experience, Practice, and Know-wow” at CAPC Musee d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (2009), “Amateurs”* at CCA Wattis, San Francisco (2008), “From One Revolution to Another”* at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2008), “Strange Weight” at Martos Gallery, New York (2007) and “If it didn’t exist you’d have to invent it” at The Showroom, London (2006). * realized in collaboration with Jeremy Deller

Alan Kane is represented by Ancient & Modern, London.


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