Tacita Dean

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Tacita Dean

[survey by] Jean-Christophe Royoux ; [interview by] Marina Warner ; [focus by] Germaine Greer

Phaidon, 2006

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Contemporary artists

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156)

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Description

An unusual artist whose work combines film, video, installation, audio and drawing, Tacita Dean is among the most sophisticated new artists working today. Born in England but currently working in Berlin, Dean possesses a truly international audience. Her work was included in the 50th and 51st Venice Biennales (2003 and 2005) and she was nominated for the Turner prize in 1998. Tacita Dean is represented by Frith Street Gallery, 59-60 Frith Street, London W1D 3JJ, info@frithstreetgallery.com

Table of Contents

Interview - Marina Warner * Survey - Jean-Christophe Royoux. * Focus - Germaine Greer on the video installation Boots. * Artist's Choice - W. B. Yeats' 'The Long-Legged Fly' (1939), W. G. Sebald's 'The Rings of Saturn' (extract) (1993)* Artist's Writings - Tacita Dean writes in simple and evocative terms on the histories explored in her own work. * Chronology and Bibliography

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