Andre Stitt

Andre Stitt

Andre Stitt (born 1958, Belfast, Northern Ireland), is a performance artist.Stitt moved to England soon after graduating from Belfast university in 1980 and has steadily built a reputation as one of Europe’s foremost live artist . He is currently director of the Time Based Art course at Cardiff School of Art. He is also known for his work as a curator of Time Based art events and galleries such as recent Cardiff art in time festivals and the Trace gallery.The most predominate theme in his artistic output is that of communities and the dissolution of them and he often relates back to the city of Belfast and the 'Troubles' it was going through during his upbringing.

Stitt gained national attention in 2003 over his performance 'White Trash Curry Kick', part of a series of works awarded £12,200 in public funding. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2731841.stm Artist gets a kick out of curry] ] The performance, in which Stitt was to kick a carton of take-away curry through Bedford town centre on a Saturday night, was eventually cancelled because of crowd safety fears. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/artists-plan-to-kick-curry-through-streets-of-bedford-cancelled-due-to-crowd-safety-fears-597216.html Artist's plan to kick curry through streets of Bedford cancelled due to crowd safety fears] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.andrestitt.com Andre Stitt's web site]
* [http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/13sucked.html Article on Andre Stitt's performance art]

ee also

*List of Northern Irish artists


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