Cathie pilkington biography of martin
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HELEN MARDEN
“There’s a commitment to the present moment that Helen has that I think continues to astound Brice all these years later,” says Craig-Martin. “She’s given so much, providing a life, and amazing homes, and her idea of travel. It’s been enormously influential on Brice and it's something that I don't think he would have done without her. Brice likes to put a certain order to things, and Helen is sort of the opposite, and perhaps that’s where they meet.”
When I visited Marden’s studio, she had just returned from a trip to Egypt. Although she had brought watercolors on the trip, she hadn’t used them. “In Aswan, it was too beautiful. I got up before dawn just so I could see the light come up, birds flying around. I just wanted to stare at things.” When I checked in with her a month later, she and Brice had flown to Morocco, just before new Omicron variant-related travel bans were imposed. Morocco is another of the places Marden returns to again and again, a fascinat
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Taran Wilkhu
In the early 20th century, Sussex played host to an astonishing range of British and international artists and writers. These modernist communities were at the forefront of ground-breaking artistic innovation and, more than 100 years later, the county still occupies a unique position in the history of British art, literature and design. Sussex is home to an abundance of galleries, museums, houses and public buildings, which continue to reflect this spirit of modern creativity. Central to this is Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which tells the story of Modern British art through the eyes of some of the period’s key protagonists.
In 1977, Walter Hussey retired from his position as Dean of Chichester Cathedral and offered his collection, including works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John Piper and Graham Sutherland, to the city of Chichester with the stipulation that it must be shown in Pallant House, a handsome Queen Anne building. ‘The gallery tells the tale