Ruth Ewan

Ruth Ewan is a Scottish artist based in London, who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.[1]

Ruth Ewan
Born
Aberdeen
NationalityBritish
EducationEdinburgh College of Art
AgentRob Tufnell
We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011

Early life

Ruth Ewan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1980.[2] She studied fine art at the Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2002.[3]

Exhibitions

Projects

A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World

In 2003 Ewan began a project that is still ongoing to create an archive of songs that carry a message about changing the world. She used her own research, and that of other people.[12] She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website.[13] In April 2018, it was in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.[14]

We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be

Ewan created new clocks based on the French Republican Calendar which ran for 13 years from 5 October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 hours. The work is made up of ten clocks, and was commissioned for Folkestone's Triennial in 2011.[15] There are two clocks which were made in addition to the initial ten, one red and one black. The red version is held by the Tate Britain, and the black by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.[16]

Sympathetic Magick

In 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Ewan collaborated with magician Ian Saville to commission 16 political magicians to perform at various venues through the city.[17][18]

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Ruth Ewan". Ingleby Gallery. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  2. Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. Tufnell, Rob. "Ruth Ewan Bio". Rob Tufnell. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. "Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire". Studio Voltaire. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. alex.ryley@sunderland.gov.uk (2009-02-12). "Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.'
    Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'"    . www.ngca.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. "Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. "Damnatio Memoriae". www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  8. "A LOCK IS A GATE - Art on the Underground". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  9. "Brank & Heckle - Dundee Contemporary Arts". Dundee Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  10. "Arkæologiens fravær af liv - kunsten.nu". kunsten.nu (in Danish). 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  11. Villarreal, Ignacio. "London based artist Ruth Ewan brings to life the French Republican Calendar". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  12. Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  13. http://ruthewan.com/projects/a-jukebox-of-people-trying-to-change-the-world/
  14. "From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs". Yorkshire Post. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  15. "Ruth Ewan". Folkestone Artworks. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  16. Tate. "'We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)', Ruth Ewan, 2011 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  17. "Jailed poets' voices to be heard in Edinburgh Art Festival works". Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  18. "Sympathetic Magick". edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  19. Ruth., Ewan (2012). Ruth Ewan. Dall, Rhea., Domke, Graham., Schiess Højmose, Kirstine., Dundee Contemporary Arts (Art center), Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Dundee: Dundee Contemporary Arts. p. 90. ISBN 9788788944808. OCLC 835592302.
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