- Alex Michon
Alex Michon is a British artist, based in London, and runs the
Transition Gallery in Hackney withCathy Lomax .Career
Alex Michon is a graduate of
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design , London. She exhibits her work, which is mostly painting and drawing. She also writes for "Arty" magazine and "Garageland". Since 2004 Michon has been a co-director of The Transition Gallery and in 2005 became editor (with Olly Beck) of "Critical Friend" a review-based art publication. AfterAdrian Searle 's criticisms ofStella Vine in 2004, she wrote a letter to him, defending painting::as the old/new YBAs prepare for yet another retrospective, what is longed for is, if not an overthrow of the existing order then at least a loosening of it? ... You also write that "painters are mostly a conservative lot". As someone who has just finished an MA, I can assure you that there are many so called conceptual artists being rehashed through colleges who are deeply rooted in a kind of stymied art speak and who are making work from a deeply conservative place. Painters are no less or more conservative than artists working in other media. [ [http://cathylomax.blogspot.com/2004_02_29_cathylomax_archive.html Alex Michon on Cathy Lomax blog,March 4 ,2004 ] RetrievedApril 1 ,2006 ]Michon's work in the "Girl on Girl" show at the Transition Gallery in 2004 was described::Alex Michon draws, paints, embroiders and decoupages over the pages of romantic fiction and linen hankies; layering images of sexual encounters, and personal disappointments she disrupts the nicey, nicey text whilst acknowledging a fascination with its romantic hinterland of imaginary fulfilment. [ [http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/htmlpages/girl_on_girl/alex_michon.html "Girl on Girl", Transition Gallery, January 2004] Retrieved
April 1 ,2006 ]Michon is also known for having worked with
The Clash 1977–83, when she designed several ranges of clothing for the band. She is currently writing a book about her work at that time, and Michon is also featured inPaul Gorman 's book "".ee also
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Transition Gallery
*Cathy Lomax References
Paul Gorman (2006) "" (Adelita, 10 May 2006; ISBN 0-9552017-0-5)External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/gallery/2/static.shtml?collection=englishmuseum Installation by Alex Michon and Cathy Lomax (BBC site)]
* [http://www.liketv.com/catfunt/dressup/8a.shtml Alex Michon drawings of "The Slits" (under "alex")]
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