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| Anne Desmet - Urban Evolution: Anne Desmet
was invited by the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, UK, to show
new work that stemmed from the idea of Urban Evolution. The exhibition,
held in 2008, was seen by over 33,000 visitors and generated much media
interest. It toured other museums and galleries throughout the UK until
2010. A special feature was a suite of works based on the impressive
Victoria Baths in Manchester, winner of the BBC TV's first Restoration
series. See: www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk |
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| See:
www.hartgallery.co.uk to view Anne Desmet' latest
work: Olympic Metamorphoses - concerning the architectual and
archaeological development of the Olympic site in east London and shown
at Hart Gallery in late 2010. Sales included works purchased for the
collections of the Museum of London, the Ashmolean Museum and the
London Metropolitan Archive. Hart Gallery will feature Anne Desmet's
work at the London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts
from 19-21 April. See: www.londonprintfair.com
Selected pieces from Desmet's Olympic Metamorphoses exhibition will
tour to the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, and other venues in 2012. |
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| Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE): Anne Desmet shows work at the RE Annual
Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH, UK, each spring. A
selection of her unframed prints is in stock here throughout the year.
See: www.banksidegallery.com
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Society of Wood Engravers: Anne Desmet shows
work at the SWE Annual Exhibition, touring the UK, see: www.woodengravers.co.uk
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| British Museum exhibition: Anne Desmet was one of only three invited
contemporary artists whose Babel Tower images were featured in
the British Museum's memorable exhibition: 'Babylon: Myth and
Reality' (2009). She also presented a lecture at the Museum about her Babel
Tower imagery. See: British Museum |
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| Anne Desmet in conversation with Mike
Booth: 'Which Anne are you today?' an on-line interview, see: World Printmakers |
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| Prizes |
| Anne Desmet won 30 awards and prizes since 1987. In
2010, she won both the LOPF print prize at the RA Summer Exhibition: www.royalacademy.org.uk and
a major prize at the Miniprint Finland Exhibition at Lahti Art Museum,
Finland, www.lahdentaidegraafikot.fi |
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| Books & Publications |
Handmade
Prints: This introduction to creative
printmaking without a press, co-authored by Anne Desmet & Jim
Anderson and published by A&C Black Ltd, in 2000, has been
reprinted for the 4th time, in 2011, ISBN 0 7136 7708 2.
Primary Prints: Anne Desmet's latest book on creative printmaking in
the classroom (inspired by a six-month artist's residency at Lauriston
Primary School, Hackney, London) was published in 2010, ISBN 9 781408
111437. See: www.acblack.com
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| Printmakers -
the directory: This guide to more than 130 British printmakers was
co-edited by Anne Desmet and Anthony Dyson and was published in 2006 by
A&C Black Ltd. See www.acblack.com
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| Anne Desmet -
200 Prints: A fully illustrated catalogue of Anne
Desmet's prints available at just £12 (sterling) inc. p&p, it
features 21 years of her work. To buy a copy, please contact Anne via
the Register page of this site. |
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