Rachel Jordan
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Rachel Jordan (born May 8, 1968) is a British artist and a member of the Stuckist art group.
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[edit] Life and career
Rachel Jordan was born in Essex and attended the University of Sheffield (1986–90), where she majored in French and Hispanic Studies. She then went to the London City Lit for a Fine Art course. In 2000 she started work as a picture researcher for BBC Books.[1] The same year, she joined Stuckism, the anti-conceptual, art movement, and has regularly exhibited with the group since then. She took part, dressed as a Pierrot, in the first Stuckist demonstration, led by Charles Thomson, one of the co-founders of Stuckism, against the Turner Prize outside Tate Britain. She was included in the Stuckists' major show, The Stuckists Punk Victorian, at the Walker Art Gallery during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial.
In 2001 she moved from London to Chatham to live with Stuckist artist Wolf Howard, with whom she shared a studio. She now lives in Oxford. As well as producing artwork, Jordan is a freelance picture researcher and also runs art workshops for galleries and schools. She has suffered from ME.
She was a friend of Miriam Hyman, who was killed in the 7 July 2005 London bombings.[1]
[edit] Art
Jordan has painted work satirising the Tate gallery and the Turner Prize, including one painting based Martin Creed's illuminated lettering The Whole World - The Work = The Whole World, which at one time was displayed on the portico of Tate Britain. It is now in Tate Modern. Jordan's painting shows the installation at Tate Britain, but with substituted words and is called The Whole World - The Turner Prize = A Better World.
She also creates abstract paintings with repeated patterns based on hand-drawn circle and square shapes. She said:
| “ | I think I still have a lot of expression coming through because I use water colours, and that can be very variable in how strong or weak the colour is on the paper. I don’t try to keep the colour that consistent when I apply it. Also, I don’t use a ruler. So, if I’m doing a hexagon I don’t try to make it a totally perfect mathematical hexagon. I’m just drawing by hand, so I still regard my paintings as full and free expression. What is also unlimited is the amount and combination of colours and forms that you can have.[2] | ” |
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Jordan, Rachel "Miriam Hyman", stuckism.com. Retrieved 31 March 2007
- ^ Campbell, Aidan "Interview - Rachel Jordan", culturewards.com, January 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2007.
[edit] Sources
- Ed. Katherine Evans (2000), "The Stuckists" Victoria Press, ISBN 0-907165-27-3
- Ed. Frank Milner (2004), "The Stuckists Punk Victorian" National Museums Liverpool, ISBN 1-902700-27-9
