Artangel

By Sean Kehoe 14/01/13

What or Who is Artangel?

For the past 20 odd years Artangel has been fundraiser, administrator and Guardian to some of Britains and the worlds most radical artists.

• Though it was founded in 1985 by Roger Took it was not until Micheal Morris and James Lingwood assumed joint directorship in 1991 that things really began to take off….

Funding

• In 1992 they met their dream sponsor, Beck’s the brewer, who signed a 3 year deal.

• Arts council became more supportive with annual grants increased significantly from 15k to 150k in 1999.

• “Company of angels”- a group of over 100 benefactors who each contribute a couple of hundred pounds annually.

• Crucially the funding was not tied to the realisation of specific projects.

Breakthrough!House. Rachel Whiteread. 1993

Mixed Reactions

The Artangel Collection

• The artangel collection is an initiative to bring film and video works, which have been commissioned by artangel to galleries and museums in the UK.

• The collection is comprised of work by artists such as Francis Alys, Jeremy Deller, Atom Egoyan, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen, Tony Oursler, Paul Pfeiffer and Gregor Schneider.

Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett(2002)

Paul Pfeiffer- The Saints(2006)

Overview

• Artangel’s unconventional approach to the artistic process has seen it generate some of the most talked about and acclaimed art of recent times.

• This includes work by artists Francis Alys, Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Roni Horn, Steve McQueen, Micheal landy, Brian Eno, Gregory Schneider, Robert Wilson and Rachel Whiteread.