Beauty and the Beast

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The Artists: EAK Gavin Turk Fiona Crisp Elisabeth Frink Jeremy Turner Barbara Ash Beth Carter Deborah Jones Abigail Fallis Kieran Brown Boo Ritson Garry Martin Keir Smith David Toop	FIONA CRISP Stourhead Residency 2006 When commissioned as artist-in-residence for the Beauty and the Beast exhibition at Stourhead, a phrase, I believe spoken originally by an art critic, resurfaced from the depths of my memory. Now, nearing the completion of my time working here, the same phrase persists …… "It's beauty raising it's ugly head again" For me, Beauty is the Beast. By stating this, I do not intend to blacken Beauty's name or to advocate that it should be denied or ejected. I say it instead to remind myself that Beauty, far from being benign, is something to be grappled or sparred with - in other words, given the fighting respect it deserves. Next	CV
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		Stourhead Residency Fiona Crisp 2006