Abigail Lane

Abigail Lane (born 1967) is an English artist who works in photography, wax casting, printing and sound. 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.

Life and work

Lane was born in Penzance, Cornwall. She studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Lanes work attempts to address an absence of an artist or "missing person". Abigail Lane's work presents a disturbing subject matter which creates an alluring effect,

Lane exhibited in 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 1992. One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth' from her London based studio called "Showroom Dummies" . "Showroom Dummies" included a collection of cushions, tiles, fabrics, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings which Lane described as 'things I would want in my own house"

Exhibitions

Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, 1988 New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1989 Modern Medicine, Building One, London, 1990 Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, 1991 Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Abigail Lane, Via Farini, Milan, Italy, 1992 Abigail Lane: Making History Karsten Schubert, 1992 Group show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Stein Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1992 20 Fragile Pieces. Galerie Barbara et Luigi Polla, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992 Skin of Teeth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1995 Privacy, Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993