Viva Brighton September 2015 Issue #31

this month’s cover artist
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This month’s ‘dressing up’ theme had us all thinking
about those lovely cut-out paper dolls we used to
have, which came with little cut-out outfits you
could dress them up in. So we were thrilled when
this month’s cover artist, Sarah Young, came to us
with the idea of re-creating exactly this. “I thought
it was very apt for me to do this cover,” she said, “I
had done a silk screen print years ago called The
Mothcatchers, and I wanted this design to have the
same mannequin clotheshorse feel.” Initially there
were going to be two costumes: a bird and an insect,
but given the limited space on the cover of a Vivasized
magazine, she decided that one would work
better. The figure itself was designed to be “slightly
androgynous, with character, but faceless.” As a
designer and print-maker, Sarah prints wonderful
cut-and-sew tea towels, which seem too beautiful
to cut up, and apparently many buyers pick up two:
one to keep and one to sew. We hope you’ll feel the
same about your Viva, or at least that you’ll have a
good read of it before you get crafting.
Sarah also forms one half of Tutton and Young,
the creative duo behind MADE Brighton (and
London) and Brighton Art Fair, which takes place
later this month. The fair “promises a good balance
of established and emerging artists,” with
100 exhibitors from the UK and abroad. A few of
Sarah’s ones to watch include Blue Beany, or Anna
Bean, who makes surreal constructed photography
prints and illustrations, Rosie Wates, who creates
mixed media theatre boxes, and Alberto Fusco, a
sculpted-paperwork artist. This year’s event will be
supporting Chestnut Tree House hospice and there
will be a Big Heart Auction to raise money for the
cause. Each of the artists has been given two manila
envelopes, which they will decorate with their own
artwork, and the envelopes will be for sale during
Brighton Art Fair.
Rebecca Cunningham
sarah-young.co.uk. More information and advance
ticket details can be found at brightonartfair.co.uk.
24-27 September, The Corn Exchange
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