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Jan 26, 2017 walking into tim noble and sue websters shoreditch studio, the first thing that strikes me is the panoramic view of the city. Bortolami gallery redressing september, 15th november 6th 2010. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermy animals into astonishing representations of life with real shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. Back in 2012, they started working towards nihilistic optimistic, a major exhibition in blainsoutherns new purposebuilt gallery in hanover square. Tim noble and sue webster have built their careers making something out of nothing. In bringing such sickly corpses to light, perhaps we can begin to reconfigure our relationship with the natural world we seem so bent on destroying. Tim noble and sue webster display an anticonformist punk attitude, fusing high and low art to produce ironically seductive works forever is exceptional as its one of the earliest light sculptures in the artists body of work. Tim noble and sue websters new publication documents in beautiful detail their critically acclaimed sitespecific project at the freud museum, which was. Author linda yablonsky is a regular contributor to artforum and the new york times. Under directed light, the assemblages cast recognizable shadows, often selfportraits. Signed, first edition, published in 2006 by rizzoli, new york. About the author tim noble and sue websters work has been exhibited at many museums and galleries in the us and uk, including the royal academy of arts in london, momas p. Its surprisingly warm in the david adjayedesigned factory conversion.

Tim noble and sue webster have been working together for seventeen years. Jul 17, 2012 tim noble and sue websters work through shock, horror, and beauty exposes the deeper infirmities of our shadow selves. You can see it in the window of the gagosian gallerys new space in mayfair in west london. Noble, tim, webster, sue, deitch, jeffrey, bracewell. Wasted youth by sue webster and tim noble 2006, hardcover. Sue webster is the author of i was a teenage banshee 0. Tim noble and sue webster are a collaborative artmaking duo best known for their sculptural installations. Working collaboratively since the early 1990s, these key figures of the yba movement infuse their materialspulsating hearts, flowers, dollar signs and their vulnerable, naked selveswith the intensity of their personal relationship. Walking into tim noble and sue websters shoreditch studio, the first thing that strikes me is the panoramic view of the city. The work of counterculture artists tim noble and sue webster, whose art is a complex punkrock take on modern consumer culture. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Oct 10, 2012 installation view of tim noble and sue websters new show, nihilistic optimistic punk artists tim noble and sue webster were partners in life and work for 26 years. There is considerable truth in this statement specifically in relation to london based artists, tim noble and sue webster, who construct and assemble sculptures from unconventionally found objects. The folly acres cook book combines recipes from the kitchen of the gloucestershire smallholding shared by tim and sue, along with drawings, photographs.

White fog which lingers around bishopsgates skyscrapers. Their work is part of the permanent collection at moma, the guggenheim, and saatchi. Tim noble and sue webster have collaborated with the vinyl factory and acclaimed punk photographer dennis morris to create a gatefold 12. Contributornorman rosenthal published by rizzoli 2006 isbn 10. The artists have officially collaborated since 1996 and are associated with the postyba young british artist generation of artists. The university at buffalo art gallery, university at buffalo suny haunted screens, march 29 may 19, 2007, curated by sandra firmin. Working collaboratively since the early 1990s, these key figures of the yba movement infuse their materialspulsating hearts, flowers, dollar signs and their vulnerable, naked selveswith the. They stopped living together a year ago and have now documented their split in a show entitled nihilistic optimistic at the new blain southern gallery in londons hanover. British artists tim noble and sue webster thrive on the thrills of illumination, love, language, shadows, garbage, and cash. Nihilistic optimistic by tim noble and sue webster, blain. Since the late 1980s, collaborators tim noble and sue webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from objects like household garbage, taxidermy, and scrap metal. The title of the ybas book, wasted youth encapsulates the artists ethos and work aesthetic, the subversive nature of their work is exe. Over the last decade, the british artists tim noble and sue webster have become known for a gimmicky form of trompe l. Blaring violently bright and selfindulgent, tim noble and sue webster take pop art to the extreme, blowing it up in lights like flybynight casino chintz.

Tim noble and sue webster give a few extra turns of the screw. Fuelling red top gossip columns, in 2008, tim and sue married on the thames. Cabinet magazine kiosk books activities shop subscribe issue 24 shadows. Nihilistic optimistic by tim noble and sue webster at blain. Street compositions, curated by sue webster, featuring works by danny fox, kingsley ifill, anne mccloy, tim noble and sue webster. Power couple tim noble and sue webster end their marriage for. Partners in life and art, tim noble and sue webster quickly turned their back on the brit pack peers with their first critically acclaimed show. Too frequently i find overlypretentious works that presume to break barriers in technique and discourse yet fail to actually say anything interesting, different, or deep. In 1997, tim noble and sue webster commissioned a sculptor from madame tussauds to help them create a lifesize sculpture of themselves as australopithecines.

The duo forms abstract works from, which upon first glance, look like nothing other than straightforward piles of trash. Tim noblesue webster, modern art, london culture the. Jan 03, 20 power couple tim noble and sue webster end their marriage for arts sake tim noble, the postyba artist, says his marriage to fellow artist sue webster has ended after four years. It will include a number of paired shadow pieces, as well as a notshadow piece my beautiful mistake, which forswears the shadow in favour of a 15ft high psychological. The following interview with sue webster, first published in masterpiece london magazine 2014 in association with apollo, offers some insight into their ideas and working methods. Tim noble and sue webster are londonbased artists whose work combines assemblage, light, shadow and humor. Tim noble and sue webster are known for magically transforming garbage into art. Mar 12, 2012 british artists tim noble and sue webster are a creative team known for their experimental art including these mindboggling light and shadow sculptures. At face value, several of their works seem like random mountains of garbage. Sue webster screws up mcq, mcq fashion featuring bo ningen for a 4 page advert, 8 page insert and 48 sheet poster for beat magazine. Jan 06, 2008 called sacrificial heart, it is a sculpture by that sulphurous couple sue webster and tim noble.

British rubbish by tim noble, sue webster, hardcover. Tim noble 1966, stroud, uk and sue webster 1967, leicester, uk met as fine art students at nottingham trent university in 1986, where they both arrived a day late for class. Floortoceiling windows are the only barrier between interior from exterior. Timothy noble born 1966 and susan webster born 1967, are two british artists who work as a collaborative duo. Shadow art made from trash that will blow your mind. Called the new barbarians left, the work is based upon a diorama at the american museum of natural history, new york, which shows a reconstruction of two early ancestors of the human species.

Tim noble and sue webster s work has been exhibited at many museums and galleries in the us and uk, including the royal academy of arts in london, momas p. Dec 09, 2005 the glory hole bortolami dayan 510 west 25th street, chelsea through dec. Enormous neon signs, intricate silhouette portraits constructed of trash heaps, and a work titled instant gratification. Wheelbarrow, chairs x 2, stool, books, tube of paint, pencil, wood, steel, aluminium, rubber, cotton sheet. Tim noble and sue websters new publication documents in beautiful detail their critically acclaimed sitespecific project at the freud museum, which was nominated for the prestigious south bank prize in 2007. View tim noble and sue websters 159 artworks on artnet. Oct 24, 2012 nihilistic optimistic is the much anticipated solo show of artistic duo tim noble and sue webster at the blain southern gallery in london, half a decade after their last solo show in 2006.

The title of the ybas book, wasted youth encapsulates the artists ethos and work aesthetic, the subversive nature of their work is exemplified within this beautiful, signed publication, featuring works exhibited in major galleries, from the likes of the royal academy to the saatchi gallery. Jun 30, 2014 tim noble and sue webster have just won the object of the year award at masterpiece london for their work, the masterpiece, on blainsoutherns stand. Oct 06, 2012 tim noble and sue webster have built their careers making something out of nothing. It consists of six new sculptural works all selfreferential which have a strong connection to their 26 years together as a couple. They have ransacked skips, constructed intricate piles of junk and transformed them, under bright lights in dark. According to sigmund freud, young children are, by nature, polymorphously perverse and while their infantile sexuality is swiftly suppressed it is retained in their unconscious adult minds. Meet londonbased artists tim noble and sue webster, a prolific duo that manages to reach new heights in perceptual play by using nothing but light and trash. Shadow sculptures built from discarded wood from tim noble and sue webster posted on may 23, 2016 by kerimova. Too often i feel contemporary art struggles to balance originality and relevance. Internationally acclaimed artists tim noble and sue webster present three works from their prolific back catalogue.