Artists' Studios
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PRESS RELEASE architecture art design ARTISTS’ fashion history photography theory and things STUDIOS Black Dog Publishing Ltd London UK 10a acton street MJ LONG london wc1x 9ng united kingdom June 2009 t: + 44 (0) 207 713 5097 Hardback f: + 44 (0) 207 713 8682 192 pages www.blackdogonline.com 253 colour and b/w ills 25 x 19 cm For review copies or further ISBN: 978 1 906155 72 8 information please contact Rosie French UK £29.95 [email protected] Artists’ Studios showcases some of the personal work of architect and interior designer MJ Long. Long’s high profile projects include The National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, the award-winning extension to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, and the celebrated Ivy and Quo Vadis restaurants in London. Artists’ Studios provides a rare glimpse into Long’s more intimate projects—focusing on her studio designs for an impressive portfolio of artists, including Frank Auerbach, Sir Peter Blake, Paul Huxley and RB Kitaj. Since 1976, MJ Long has designed a number of purpose-built artists’ studios, all designed to maximise the amount of natural daylight, whilst simultaneously reflecting the eclectic personalities of the artists. Long’s beautiful and personal designs are stimulated by each artist’s intense interest in their working environment—an interest which has inspired Long to produce some of her most imaginative and colourful spaces, collected together here for the first time. Artists’ Studios reflects upon the relationship between artist and environment and explores MJ Long’s sensitive interpretation of this relationship—organised around each studio, detailing the conception of the project and the specific needs of the artists. Sir Peter Blake’s studio, for instance, is characterised by his passion for collecting and archiving (pictured centre). Paul Huxley’s studio (pictured bottom) combines natural light and diffused light from a wall of frosted glass to inspire his high-contrast abstract paintings. Written by MJ Long and including texts by the artists themselves, as well as Colin St John Wilson, with whom MJ Long collaborated on many of these projects, Artists’ Studios is a highly personal account, offering Long’s candid observations on each project. A prolific art collector, Long has a life-long passion for art and this book helps contextualise this passion by exploring the profound influence it has had on her work. MJ Long is an architect, interior designer and a visiting critic at Yale University’s School of Architecture..