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'''Ruth Ewan''', is a Scottish artist who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests. |
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| name = Ruth Ewan |
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| birth_place = Aberdeen |
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| nationality = British |
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| education = Edinburgh College of Art |
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| agent = Rob Tufnell |
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[[File:Ruth Ewan We could have.jpg|alt=A ten hour clock|thumb|We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011 ]] |
[[File:Ruth Ewan We could have.jpg|alt=A ten hour clock|thumb|We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011 ]] |
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== Early Life == |
== Early Life == |
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[http://ruthewan.com Ruth Ewan] |
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[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rmnn9 BBC Open Air] |
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[[Category:Artists from Aberdeen]] |
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Revision as of 14:44, 23 May 2018
Ruth Ewan, is a Scottish artist who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.
Ruth Ewan | |
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| Born | Aberdeen |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Art |
| Agent | Rob Tufnell |
Early Life
Ruth Ewan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1980[1]. She did a fine art degree in Edinburgh College of Art, between 1998 and 2002[2]
Exhibitions
2006: Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World Studio Voltaire, London,[3]
2007: Ours is the world, despite all. Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland[4]
2007: Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, Artangel London[5]
2010: Damnatio Memoriae, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany[6]
2011: A Lock is a Gate, Art on the Underground, London[7]
2011: Brank & Heckle, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee[8]
2012: Ruth Ewan, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen[9]
2013: A Revolutionary Advent Calendar, MoMA, Warsaw[10]
Installations
A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World.
In 2003 Ewan a project that is still ongoing to create an archive of songs that carry a message about changing the world. She used her own research, and that of other people[11]. She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website. In April 2018, it was in the Yorkshire Scuplture Park, Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.[12]
We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be.
Ewan created new clocks based on a the French Republican Calendar which ran for 13 years from 5th October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 Hours. It was commissioned for Folkestone's Triennial in 2011[13].
References
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Tufnell, Rob. "Ruth Ewan Bio". Rob Tufnell. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire". Studio Voltaire. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 11 (help) - ^ alex.ryley@sunderland.gov.uk (2009-02-12). "Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.'
Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'". www.ngca.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23. - ^ "Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Damnatio Memoriae". www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "A LOCK IS A GATE - Art on the Underground". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Brank & Heckle - Dundee Contemporary Arts". Dundee Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Arkæologiens fravær af liv - kunsten.nu". kunsten.nu (in Danish). 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Villarreal, Ignacio. "London based artist Ruth Ewan brings to life the French Republican Calendar". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs". Yorkshire Post. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Ruth Ewan". Folkestone Artworks. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-23.