Abigail Lane
English artist
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Life and work
Lane was born in Penzance, Cornwall. She studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, University of London.[2] Lanes work attempts to address an absence of an artist or "missing person".[1] She uses clues and photographs as a trace or evidence to her work inviting the audience to piece together a narrative or event that has taken place.[3] Abigail Lane's work presents a disturbing subject matter which creates an alluring effect,[1] Tracey Emin states, "Abigail could show the contents of her fridge and it would be fantastic."[4]
Lane exhibited in the Damien Hirst curated Freeze in 1988, with others including Gary Hume RA, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae RA.[5] Karsten Schubert gave her the first solo show in 1992.[6] One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth'[3] hosted at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1995.[3] Lane went on to have a solo show at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht in 1996.[3]
In October 2003, with her two friends Bob Pain and Brigitte Stepputtis, Lane launched a design company in 2003[7] from her London based studio called "Showroom Dummies" . "Showroom Dummies" included a collection of cushions, tiles, fabrics, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings[8] which Lane described as 'things I would want in my own house"[9]
Exhibitions
- Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, 1988
- New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1989
- Modern Medicine, Building One, London, 1990
- Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, 1991
- Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Abigail Lane, Via Farini, Milan, Italy, 1992
- Abigail Lane: Making History Karsten Schubert, 1992
- Group show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Stein Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1992
- 20 Fragile Pieces. Galerie Barbara et Luigi Polla, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992
- Skin of Teeth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1995
- Privacy, Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993