- Catherine Yass
Catherine Yass (born
1963 ) is an Englishartist .Catherine Yass was born in 1963 in London and in her early years lived in Hampstead. She later studied at the Slade School of Art, London (1982-1986) and then at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin (1984-1985). She received a Boise travelling scholarship for the period 1986-1987 and then graduated with an MA from Goldsmiths College, London in 1990.
Yass is noted for her very brightly coloured
photograph s, a number of which present an image which is a combination of the positive and negative. Many of her works are mounted onlight box es.Yass's subjects are varied: her early works often depict the people and institutions who commissioned, supported, or curated her work. Later she concentrated on interiors, making a series of photos of Spitalfields Market in London, and another, "Corridor" (1994), of a mental hospital.
Other series included shots of
toilet s, steel mills inWales and "Star", a series of pictures ofIndia nBollywood stars displayed alongside pictures of empty cinemas.Yass has also worked with
video . "Descent" (2002) is a film made by lowering the camera in a crane over a construction site at London'sCanary Wharf . With a moving camera, she also took a series of still photographs (such as "Descent: HQ5: 1/2s, 4.7°, Omm 40mph"), resulting in images of vertical streaks and blurred patches of colour.In 2000, Yass designed the
Christmas tree forTate Britain , and in 2002 she was shortlisted for theTurner Prize .External links
* [http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/biography/catherine-yass/ Alison Jacques Gallery: Catherine Yass]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/turnerprize/2002/yass.htm Yass's page at the Tate for her Turner Prize nomination (includes images)]
* [http://www.ruskin-sch.ox.ac.uk/lab/02/offline/tellingStories.html An article by Janna Levin on "Telling Stories"]
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