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

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scene of art.

Life and work

Lane was born in

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, Cornwall. She studied at

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and

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. Lanes work attempts to address an absence of an artist or "missing person". She uses clues and photographs as a trace or evidence to her work inviting the audience to piece together a narrative or event that has taken place. Abigail Lane's work presents a disturbing subject matter which creates an alluring effect,

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states, "Abigail could show the contents of her fridge and it would be fantastic." Lane exhibited in the

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curated Freeze in 1988, with others including

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RA,

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and

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RA.

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gave her the first solo show in 1992. One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth' hosted at The

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in 1995. Lane went on to have a solo show at the

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in 1996. In October 2003, with her two friends Bob Pain and Brigitte Stepputtis, Lane launched a design company in 2003 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'',

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, London, 1988 * ''

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'',

, London, 1989 * ''

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,'' 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''

, 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,''

, London, 1995 * ''Privacy'', Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993

References

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Showroom Dummies
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Life and work

Exhibitions

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