Ian Breakwell

writing about the artist

"The Institution", Tony Rayns, Time Out, 23rd June, UK, 1978.

"Cartas al director", F. Vijande, El Pais, Spain, 2nd May 1983.

"Ian Breakwell, un ingles polifacetico" ("Ian Breakwell a many-faceted Englishman"), El Europeo, Spain, 5th May 1983.

"Imagen y letrismo en la pintura de Breakwell" ("Words and images in the paintings of Ian Breakwell"), Jose Marin-Medina, Informaciones, Spain, 6th May 1983.

"El rostro humano como paisaje" ("The human face as landscape"), Francisco Calvo Serraller, El Pais, Spain, 7th May 1983.

"Face to Face: Ian Breakwell", Gemma Harrison, City Life, UK, 15th May 1983.

"Los Rostros de la sociedad" ("Portraits of society"), Carlos Jimenez, Cambio 16, Spain, 23rd May 1983.

"Madrid Diary", Armando Montesinos, Aspects, 23, UK, Summer 1983.

"Continuous Diary", Peter Fuller, New Society, UK, 1983.

"Last Night's View", Lucy Hughes-Hallet, The Standard, UK, 18th April 1984.

"Keep Things as They Are", The Norwich Review, UK, 20th July 1984.

"Network TV Selections", Nick Kimberley, City Limits, UK, 14th December 1984.

"Bubble of Trouble", The Standard, UK, 21st December 1984.

"Review", Sarah Jane Checkland, The Times, UK, 23rd March 1985.

"Observer Review", William Feaver, Observer, UK, 31st March 1985.

Jane Withers, The Face, UK, Apr-85.

"Patrons who buy in bulk", William Packer, Financial Times, UK, 2nd April 1985.

Sarah Kent, Time Out, UK, 11th April, UK, 1985.

Nigel Pollitt, City Limits, UK, 26th April, UK, 1985.

Clare Henry, Arts Review, vol. XXXVII, no. 7, UK, 1985.

"New Spaces (and some not so new)", Mel Gooding, Artscribe, 53, UK, 1985.

"Ian Breakwell's Diary 1964-85", The Listener, UK, 3rd July 1986.

"Little England: Ian Breakwell's Diary 1964-1985", John Lyle, City Limits, UK, 17th July 1986.

"Diary of an Eavesdropper" (diary extracts), New Statesman, June, UK, 1986

"Dear Diary", Sarah Kovandzich, What's On and Where to Go In London, UK, Jul-86.

"Preview: Art: New Reviews", Time Out, UK, 26th August 1986.

"Ian Breakwell's Diary 1964-1985", Artists Newsletter, UK, Dec-86.

"Ian Breakwell: recorded live", Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, Journal of Art and Art Education, 10, UK, 1986.

Tourist in London, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, UK, Sep-86.

"Portrait of the artist a Head of the herd", Adrian Henri, Daily Post, UK, 22nd January 1989.

"Ian Breakwell/National Spirit", Emmanuel Cooper, Time Out, UK, 24th May 1989.

"Counting the Cost of Satire", Colin Wheeler, The Independent, UK, 15th August 1989.

"Breakwell still Eloquent Rebel", David Bromfield, The West Australian, Australia, 2nd February 1990.

"Artist Ian busy seeing double", Robert Housley, Daily News, Australia, 19th February 1990.

"Breakwell & Sad Britain", Peter Clark, The Canberra Times, Australia, 15th March 1990.

"Life of an Artist as a British Diarist", Sonia Barron, The Canberra Times, Australia, 30th March 1990.

"British Artist Reveals Legal Hooliganism", John Emery, The Advertiser, Australia, 15th March 1990.

"Artist's Slides, Commentary wows his Audience", John Emery, The Advertiser, Australia, 16th March 1990.

"Ian Breakwell", David Bromfield, Praxis M, 26, Australia, 1990.

Ian Breakwell interview, Eve Sullivan, Art Monthly, 30 May, Australia, 1990.

"Twin Peeks", Tonya Phillips, South Wales Echo, UK, 9th April 1993.

"Photographer Ian's Doubletake a Twinning Idea", Western Mail, UK, 2nd April 1993.

"Artist Ian gets Double Vision", Cardiff Independent, UK, Apr-93.

"Visitors to Face a Photo Doubletake", Penny Simpson, South Wales Echo, UK, Apr-93.

"Double Vision!", Chris Strange, South Wales Echo, UK, 8th February 1993.
"Ian Breakwell", Dalya Alberge, The Independent, UK, 3rd August 1993.

"Auditorium", Hugh Stoddart, Frieze, UK, Nov-94.

"Staging an Audience" (interview with Ian Breakwell and Ron Geesin), 20:20 Magazine, Spring, UK, 1994.

"Cramps In The Toe?" (pic.feature), Angela Flowers, Modern Painters, Winter, UK, 1994.

"All Garrett and No Stick", Gillian Widdicombe, The Independent, 27th January, UK, 1994.

"Face to Face", Sparks Magazine, UK, Feb-94.

"Cathedral Artist Delves into Death", Darlington and Stockton Times, 18th February, UK, 1994.

"Artist Reveals Hidden Secrets", Robert Cooper, Durham Network, UK, Feb-94.

"Black Heart”, The Northern Echo, UK, 18th February 1994.

"Art from the Cathedral", David Whestone, The Journal, UK, 7th April 1994.

"A Cuckoo in the Cathedral Nest", David Whestone, The Northern Review, UK, May-94.

"The Finale", What’s On in Durham, UK, Sep-94.

"The Phantom Matinee", Penny Pritchard, The Northern Review, UK, Oct-94.

"Hidden Cities : Durham", Ian Hunt, Art Monthly, UK, Nov-94.

"Hidden Cities", Artists Newsletter, UK, Nov-94.

"Ian Breakwell", Anna Ridley, A Directory of British Film & Video Artists, The Arts Council of England, University of Luton Press, UK, 1996, ISBN: 1-86020 003 6

"Clicking the Mouse and missing the Point", Gail-Nina Anderson, Northern Review, UK, Dec-96.

"Modern Art and The Church", Andrew Spira, Church Building, 37, UK, 1996.

"Digital Art in the Mandela Building", Kevin Stephens, Northern Review, 9, UK, 1996.

"Newcastle’s Digital Fellow", Kevin Stephens, Arts Management Weekly, UK, 1996.

"The Rose", Peter Suchin, Artists Newsletter, UK, Jan-97.

"96 From ‘96", Northern Arts book of Year of Visual Arts, UK, 1997.

"Moving Pictures", Artist Newsletter, UK, May-97.

"Wave Riding", Anne Karpf, The Guardian, UK, 17th March 1997.

"Radio", Sue Arnold, The Observer, UK, 23rd March 1997.

"The Sky’s the limit", Luise East, The Irish Times, UK, 29th August 1998.

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, UK, 16th September 1998.

"When worlds collide", Tim Johnson, The Guardian, UK, 19th November 1998.

"Ian Breakwell-The Rose", Newsletter, UK, Nov-98.

"Currents, scientific collaborations for artists", Artists Newsletter, UK, Jan-99.

"Art with instructions", Ian Hill, The Newsletter, UK, 28th April 1999.

Duncan MacMillan, The Scotsman, UK, 11th June 1999.

"Ian Breakwell : Death’s Dance Floor", Moira Jeffrey, The List, UK, May-99.

"Ian Breakwell", Mark Currah, ‘Time Out’, UK, 24th March 1999.

"The secret attraction of somebody’s diary", Sonia Carvill, East Anglian Daily Times, UK, 31st March 2000.

"Idealists with big ideas", Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph, UK, Mar-00.

"Diary at First Site, Colchester", Hugh Stoddard, London Art, UK, 29th March 2000.

"The art of governance. The Artist Placement Group 1966-1989", Howard Slater, Variant, vol 2 no II, UK, 2000.

"Breathing Cities" (book review), Patrick Keiller, Tate Magazine, UK, Winter 2000.

"In sickness and in Health", Stella Whalley, Printmaking Today, UK, Winter 2000.

"Surface tensions", Katy Greaves, Blueprint, UK, Mar-02.

Charlotte Edwards, ArtReview, UK, Apr-02.

Dale McFarland, Frieze, UK, May-02.

"Monk", Robert Clark, Guardian Guide, UK, 6th July 2002.

"You gotta have Faith", Rebecca Rice, Illusions, UK, 2002.

"Dead Pan", Mike Sperlinger, Vertigo, vol 2 no 3, UK, 2002.

 

by the artist
"From the Inside"
, Ian Breakwell, Art Monthly, 40, UK, 1980.

"Behind Closed Doors", Ian Breakwell, The Book of the year 1980, UK, 1980.

"From a Cambridge Diary", Ian Breakwell, Art Monthly, 56, 57 & 58, UK, 1981.

"The Walking Man 1975-78", Ian Breakwell, Art Journal, Summer, UK, 1982.

"The Artist' Dream", Ian Breakwell, Art Journal, Summer, UK, 1982.

"Mary Whitehouse and I", Ian Breakwell, Aspects, 18, UK, 1982.

"Madrid Diary", Ian Breakwell, Aspects, 23, UK, 1983.

‘Diary Extracts’, Ian Breakwell, Collusion, 5, UK, 1983.

"Society for the Unborn Child", Ian Breakwell, Print Out, 1, UK, 1983.

"The Old Mine", Ian Breakwell, Artscribe, , 51, UK, 1985, ,

"Opinions", Ian Breakwell, City Limits, June, UK, 1986.

"Diary of an Eavesdropper", Ian Breakwell, New Statesman, Vol III, no 2883, UK, 1986.

"The Mask", Ian Breakwell, Circa, 31, UK, 1986.

"Recorded Live", Ian Breakwell, AND Journal of Art and Education, 10, UK, 1986.

"Stories of the Eye", Ian Breakwell, Artscribe, 89, UK, 1991.

"Stories of the Eye", Ian Breakwell, Artscribe, 90, UK, 1992.

"The Fat Man Within", Ian Breakwell, Sight & Sound, June, UK, 1994.

"Stories of the Eye", Ian Breakwell, The Artist’s Book Yearbook, UK, 1995.

"Three Fictions", Ian Breakwell, Stand, Summer, UK, 1997.

"In the dark, in the dark", Ian Breakwell, Rising East, vol. 3, no. 1, UK, 1999.

Diary extracts, Ian Breakwell, The Art of Looking Sideways, Phaidon, UK, 2001.

"Hot Toddy", Ian Breakwell, Space Cooks, Space, UK, 2002.

"As If", Ian Breakwell, Private Views – a publication of, and about private view cards, London Print Studio, UK, 2002.

 

publications

Ian Breakwell, Diary Extracts 1968-76, Midland Group, UK, 1977.

Ian Breakwell, Continuous Diary 1965-78/Circus, Third Eye Centre, UK, 1978.

Ian Breakwell, Fiction Texts, Scottish Arts Council and Third Eye Centre, UK, 1978.

Ian Breakwell, Dialogues, Audio Arts, UK, 1981.

Ian Breakwell, Monologues and Dialogues, Carlisle Museum, UK, 1981.

Asa Benveniste (ed), 5 X 5, Trigram Press, UK, 1981.

Ian Breakwell, Witness: More Diary Extracts 1976-82, Transformaction Press, UK, 1982.

Ian Breakwell, 10 Diary Pages 1969-82, Norwich School of Art, UK, 1983.

Ian Breakwell, The Waiting Room, Matt's Gallery, UK, 1985.

Ian Breakwell, Ian Breakwell's Diary 1964-85, Pluto Press, UK, 1986.

Ian Breakwell, The Artist's Dream, Serpent's Tail, UK, 1988.

Ian Breakwell & Paul Hammond, Seeing in the Dark, Serpent's Tail, UK, 1990.

Ian Breakwell, Free Range, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK, 1993.

Ian Breakwell & Paul Hammond, Brought to Book, Penguin Books, UK, 1994.

Ian Breakwell, An Actor’s Revenge, BFI Film Classics, UK, 1994, ISBN: 0851705243.

Ian Breakwell, Derby Days, RGAP, UK, 2001

 

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