Tanya Raabe's Blog

Visual Artist Tanya Raabe makes work around the theme of body image. Her blog concentrates on 'Revealing Culture: HeadOn' - an artwork and piece of research exploring identity, disability culture, in contemporary portraiture and the nude.

left painting of Sir ber Massie, middle painting of Garry Robson, right painting of Simone Aspis
29 July 2010

Tanya Raabe makes some more paintings... Revealing Culture: HeadOn

Its still all go in the world of Revealing Culture HeadOn... now where have I got up to. Well... the charismatic Tom Shakespeare sat for his portrait in Tate Modern earlier this month and what a...

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Ann Whitehurst paints model Caroline Cardus
8 June 2010

Tanya Raabe has been running around the country with Paint!!!

I know I've been amiss and not keeping you all up to date with my Revealing Culture expeditions... well I've been trying to slow down with my roaming around the country running this and that...

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22 April 2010

Tanya Raabe animates some drawings from the tour of Fittings and talks some more about Revealing Culture

The Making of 'Raspberry The Rehearsal', an animation made out of the drawings and sounds of the rehearsal, is finished and now on YouTube... I'm so getting into this techi netting think!!! This...

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photo of woman artist drawing a man in a studio setting
13 April 2010

Tanya Raabe is looking for your ‘Public’s Choice' portrait to be made during DaDa International 2010.

Vote for your ‘Public’s Choice' portrait to be created by me in a public sitting in Tate Modern during DaDa International 2010. Revealing Culture:HeadOn is an artwork and piece of...

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mix media drawing of a scene from play
27 March 2010

Tanya Raabe blogs her first rehearsal with Raspberry - the new production from Fittings Multimedia Arts

As associate artist in residence I've just spent a fascinating four days watching and drawing the rehearsal of 'Raspberry' - a co-production between Fittings Multimedia Arts, Sounds of Progress and...

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1 March 2010

Vote for The Public's Choice sports portrait

  'The Public’s  Choice' is a chance for you to nominate either a disabled sports personality, or a disabled athlete or a disabled sports person, to have their portrait painted as part of...

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a series of portrait drawings on the wall of the artists' studio
1 March 2010

Tanya Raabe blogs more 'live sittings' at Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern

I’ve now portrayed another three disabled cultural figures in the last two weeks. Its been such a busy time I’ve not got around to telling you all about it, so here goes! Sir Bert...

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sketch by tanya raabe of the dwarf on table
25 February 2010

Tanya Raabe offers an update on her gallery research as part of Revealing Culture:Head On

I've spent 2 days mooching around the galleries in Tate Liverpool and am picking up some interesting comments from the public reguarding the representation of disability culture. Comments suggest...

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paint drawing in blue of Deb Williams
25 February 2010

Tanya Raabe blogs her Tate Modern sitting with Deb Williams

I'm back!!!! been on a bit of a journey... Debs Williams was my next sitting in Tate Modern and she was a brilliant subject with a great disability cultural history to tell. This included her...

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A woman in a wheelchair poses for an artist; there's a drawing of her in graphite on the wall to the right of the photo.
1 February 2010

Tanya Raabe writes about the Tate Modern sitting with Sophie Morgan, as part of her project 'Revealing Culture: Head On'

Well, the event of drawing Sophie Morgan in Tate Modern was certainly an experience never to be forgotten. I was a little nervous to begin with, at the thought of the public watching me creating my...

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artist stands in front of self-portrait
27 January 2010

Tanya Raabe makes her first research visit to Tate Liverpool as part of Revealing Culture:HeadOn

Busy Busy Busy....i think I’m running behind myself at the mo! Last week Michele Taylor came to my home studio in Shropshire and posed for her portrait nude. A first for her. Michele said...

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