Abigail Lane
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Abigail Lane (born 1967) is an English artist. Lane was one of the exhibitors in the 1988 Damien Hirst-led Freeze exhibition—a mixed show of art which was significant in the development of the later-to-be YBA scene of art.
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Abigail Lane was born in Penzance, in England. She studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Lane exhibited the Damien Hirst curated Freeze in 1988, with others including Gary Hume RA, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae RA. Karsten Schubert gave her the first solo show in 1997.
Her work is based on late Victorian displays such as séances, circus imagery and magic shows. It has included wallpaper with a repeated design of images of her rear, scratching and scraping noises heard behind a shut door and wax replicas of bodily fragments suspended from the ceiling.
In October 2003, with Bob Pain and Brigitte Stepputtis, she launched a design company called "Showroom Dummies". Work has included cushions, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings. She asked artists to adapt plastic skulls. Sarah Lucas cast one in concrete; Peter Blake covered one with the endings of books.[citation needed]
Considering Lane's sensibility, Tracey Emin said: "Abigail could show the contents of her fridge and it would be fantastic. Everything she does has an artistic quality to it, whether she's cooking a meal or arranging a shelf. She can do anything from interior design to styling to making art; her problem, if anything, is that she's too good at too many things."[citation needed]
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