Fig 1 - 50 Projects in 50 Weeks

Mark Francis; Cristina Colomar; Christabel Stewart

ISBN 10: 1874235449 / ISBN 13: 9781874235446

Published by Spafax Publishing/Tate Magazine, London, 2001

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Fig-1 was 50 projects in 50 weeks initiated by Mark Francis and Jay Jopling, set in a small warehouse building in Soho, each project lasting one week. Each poster is signed by the relevant artist or artists. The projects embraced a broad range of contemporary creative productions including fine art, with 13 Turner Prize nominees, as well as literature, film and video, fashion, design, and architecture. Quarto, 32 page stapled booklet, A1 folded poster with photo-portraits of all the artists, 50 A2 folded posters. Commemorative book documenting a year long exhibtion involving 50 artist from the world of visual culture. Each artist had a week exhibition in the Fig-1 project space. Designed by the acclaimed studio practice Bruce Mau Design, the book features 50 separate sections which document each project in the words of those who participated with specially commissioned interviews, essays and visual documentation. This is augmented by a selection of images taken by photographer Maurits Sillem as a special artists' project throughout the year, that include a portrait of each artist and shots of the Monday evening openings that became cult Soho events during the past year.
The projects were made by the following artists (13 of whom have been Turner Prize nominees): Richard Hamilton, Gavin Turk, Tim Stoner, Philip Treacy, Caruso St John, John Hilliard, Liam Gillick, Georgie Hopton + Josephine Soughton, Jake + Dinos Chapman, Mark Hosking, Grayson Perry, Simon Patterson, Runa Islam, Anish Kapoor, Bella Freud, Tacita Dean, Antony Gormley, Carey Young, Marine Hugonnier, Will Self, Fiona Rae, Tracey Emin, Christopher Le Brun, Liam Gillick/ Douglas Gordon/ Carsten Holler/ Pierre Huyghe/ Philippe Parreno/ Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nigel Shafran, Anya Gallaccio, James White + Tim Sheward, Mark Lewis, Richard Deacon + Martin Kreyssig, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joao Penalva, Matthew Higgs/ Oliver Payne + Nick Relph, John Latham, Gilbert + George, Enrico David, Mona Hatoum, Andrew Lewis, Cerith Wyn Evans, Howard Hodgkin, Tom Gidley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Harland Miller, Peter Doig, Hussein Chalayan,Patti Smith, Darren Almond, Michael Craig-Martin, Jeremy Deller and Bridget Riley.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fig 1 - 50 Projects in 50 Weeks
• Publisher: Spafax Publishing/Tate Magazine, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874235449
• ISBN 13: 9781874235446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Multiple
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 9.5W x 13H x 2.5D inches 9.5 inches width by 13 inches height by 2.5 inches depth
• Weight: 5.9 pounds

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Synopsis

Commemorative book documenting a year long exhibtion involving 50 artist from the world of visual culture. Each artist had a week exhibition in the Fig-1 project space. Designed by the acclaimed studio practice Bruce Mau Design, the book features 50 separate sections which document each project in the words of those who participated with specially commissioned interviews, essays and visual documentation. This is augmented by a selection of images taken by photographer Maurits Sillem as a special artists' project throughout the year, that include a portrait of each artist and shots of the Monday evening openings that became cult Soho events during the past year.

The projects were made by the following artists (13 of whom have been Turner Prize nominees): Richard Hamilton, Gavin Turk, Tim Stoner, Philip Treacy, Caruso St John, John Hilliard, Liam Gillick, Georgie Hopton + Josephine Soughton, Jake + Dinos Chapman, Mark Hosking, Grayson Perry, Simon Patterson, Runa Islam, Anish Kapoor, Bella Freud, Tacita Dean, Antony Gormley, Carey Young, Marine Hugonnier, Will Self, Fiona Rae, Tracey Emin, Christopher Le Brun, Liam Gillick/ Douglas Gordon/ Carsten Holler/ Pierre Huyghe/ Philippe Parreno/ Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nigel Shafran, Anya Gallaccio, James White + Tim Sheward, Mark Lewis, Richard Deacon + Martin Kresnig, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joao Penalva, Matthew Higgs/ Oliver Payne + Nick Relph, John Latham, Gilbert + George, Enrico David, Mona Hatoum, Andrew Lewis, Cerith Wyn Evans, Howard Hodgkin, Tom Gidley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Harland Miller, Peter Doig, Hussein Chalayan, Patti Smith, Darren Almond, Michael Craig-Martin, Jeremy Deller and Bridget Riley.

Highlights include: a rare studies for new paintings by Richard Hamilton; images of hat forms by virtuoso milliner Philip Treacy; a transcript of the hugely popular and critically acclaimed week-long 'writing performance' by novelist Will Self; stills from a beautiful film by rising young artist/filmmaker Runa Islam. fig-1 emerged as a fresh model for presenting contemporary art and culture, taking place as a marathon 50 projects in 50 consecutive weeks. fig-1's projects embraced a broad range of contemporary creative production - visual art, literature, film and video, fashion, design, and architecture. The model encouraged artists to show work in progress, work just completed in the studio or to create a new installation for the space.