Emily Mann (model)
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Emily Mann (born February 10, 1983) is a model, musician and Stuckist artist.
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[edit] Life and career
Emily Mann was born in Streatham, London. Her father is an osteopath and astrologer. She has completed her studies at the Barlett School of Architecture. She is a model with the Pineal Eye Agency and has also modelled for art photos for Larry Dunstan.[1]She was the model for Paul Harvey's painting which was used as the promotional image for the landmark show The Stuckists Punk Victorian at the Walker Art Gallery during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial. The painting was based on a photograph of Mann by Charles Thomson.[2] Mann was also an exhibited artist in her own right in the show. She has taken part in Stuckist demonstrations against the Turner Prize at Tate Britain. Her work was amongst the Stuckist donation of 175 paintings rejected by the Tate Gallery in 2005.[3]
In 2005 she was in the Channel 5 TV reality show Make Me a Supermodel.
She is the bass player in the girl group Client who run the West London electro club, Being Boiled, and is also a regular DJ at Tesco Disco and The Glitz.
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[edit] References
- Milner, Frank ed. (2004), "The Stuckists Punk Victorian" National Museums Liverpool, ISBN 1-902700-27-9
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Milner p.127
- ^ Milner p.74
- ^ "Serota snubs Stuckist supermodel" The Independent, August 3, 2005. Accessed from stuckism.com, April 19, 2006
