Annabel Dover (born 1975[1] in Liverpool[2]) is a British artist. She has a BA (Hons) in fine art from Newcastle University (1998), an MA in fine art from Central Saint Martins, London (2002),[3] and a teaching qualification (PGCE) in art and design from the University of Cambridge (2003).[4]
Annabel Dover | |
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| Born | Liverpool, England |
| Education | Newcastle University Central Saint Martins, London Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | annabeldover |
Dover uses a variety of media including painting, photography, video,[5] drawing and cyanotype.[3][4][6] Her approach is to explore social relationships that are mediated through objects.[2] The Imperial War Museum acquired a set of Dover's cyanotypes[7][8] which also appear in Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colour by Carol Mavor.[9]
Literary Work
editDover's debut novel Florilegia was published in 2022 by Cool Moist Books.[10] It is a work of literary fiction exploring themes of memory, nature, and the artistic process.
Critical Reception
edit"Haunting, enchanting, and forensically observed... a tender, anthropological elegy, and it will stay with you long after you finish it." - Sophie Dahl [11]
"A staggering accomplishment. Impossible to categorise, this is a work of exquisite art; encyclopaedic in its scope, drawing connections across time and cultures. An alchemist, Annabel Dover transmutes the minutiae of life into poetry." - Heidi James [12]
"Annabel Dover's writing is a delight: inquisitive, keen-eyed, alive with colour and texture; she has the rare ability to make details sing. I loved this book." - Laura Barton [13]
"You'll never read another book like this... it defies any description save that it is mad, enchanting and mesmerising.... At its end I had no idea what I had been reading but I know it's a work of art." - Polly Devlin[14]
"A fascinating, subversive and moving tribute to forgotten women by a unique artist." - Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett [15]
"A trippy, hyper-connected, vastly entertaining memoir entangled with the history of art, botany and science. It's hypnotising." - Jennifer Higgie[16]
"Binding and entwining ... exceptional and enjoyable ... minds set racing by the everyday strangeness of the experiences, imaginings and perceptions we have encountered in this extraordinary book." - Declan O'Driscoll [17]
"Dover’s bouquet is illustrated with reproductions of cyanotypes, and her text brings together a sense of printing with flowers, explorations of backstreets, esoteric traditions, curatorial oddities, and quiddities. This is a tough book to describe though. Dover takes no prisoners." - Anthony Howell [18]
Selected collections
edit- Priseman Seabrook Collection, UK[19]
- The Imperial War Museum[7]
Selected exhibitions
edit- 2006 – Trace and Nostalgia, Persimmon Gallery, Los Angeles, USA[8]
- 2010 – Streaming Film Festival, The Hague, Netherlands[5]
- 2010 – Whistlejacket, CoExist, Southend, England[6]
- 2014 – Unstable Ground, Paper, Manchester, England[20]
- 2014 – News from Nowhere, Kelmscott House, National Trust, London[21]
- 2014 – Artist in Residence, Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival, England[22]
References
edit- ^ "Dover, Annabel, b.1975". Art UK. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Annabel Dover". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Annabel Dover". Transition Gallery. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "DOVER, Annabel". Suffolk Painters. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Annabel Dover – Jacqueline". Streaming Festival. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Thu 18 Nov 7-9pm – OPENING of ALEX PEARL and ANNABEL DOVER @ CoExist Galleries". Idea13. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Contemporary Art and War". Imperial War Museums. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Annabel Dover". Tainted Love. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Carol Mavor (2013). Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colours. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1780230832.
- ^ "Annabel Dover".
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ waterstones. "Florilegia (Paperback)." waterstones, 31 May. 2021.
- ^ Howell, Anthony. "A clutch of ingenious authors." Fortnightly Review, Dec. 2023.
- ^ "The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting". Contemporary British Painting. n.d. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Wilkes, Rob (10 June 2015). "Artists delve into their memories for evocative and personal exhibition..." We Heart. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "fresh news from the past". The Positive. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Aldeburgh Poetry Festival" (PDF). The Poetry Trust. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2014.