at Fifty

at Fifty
Author: Stephen Sutcliffe
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Language: English
Pages: 130
Size: 30 x 21 cm
Weight: 0 g
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9783956794049
Availability: In stock
Price: €28.00
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Edited by James Clegg
Contributions by Ilsa Colsell, Michelle Cotton, Dan Fox

at Fifty is the first catalogue dedicated to Stephen Sutcliffe. Both a microcosm and macrocosm of the processes at play in his works, it is also something of an artist’s book, one that, typical of the artist’s critical practice, formally addresses questions about the value of the monologue, the archive, and the status of the artist.

at Fifty documents how Sutcliffe’s work has developed and how the means for channeling his deconstructive sensibility has been honed. It includes commissioned essays and an interview with the artist. Dan Fox’s essay, “Be In My Broadcast, When This Is Over,” looks at television, that one-time pillar of British culture that was as formative for him as it was for Sutcliffe. “Overlaid, not removed,” by Ilsa Colsell, focuses on Sutcliffe’s use of collage for the deft yet deliberately overt repurposing of signs and symbols. And an interview conducted by Michelle Cotton delves into Sutcliffe’s assimilation of interruptions, creative blocks, and anxiety. Taken together with the artist’s vision for this special publication, at Fifty brings to life, for the first time in book form, a remarkable and distinctive practice that now spans over twenty years.

Copublished with Talbot Rice Gallery
Design by Fraser Muggeridge studio