Thinking is Making

Introduction by:   Jon Wood
Contributions by:   Michael Taylor, Emma Benyon
Imprint:   Black Dog Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 228mm, 
ISBN:   9781912165469
ISBN 10:   1912165465
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michael Taylor Michael Taylor is co-founder and director of the MTSA, as well as Standpoint Studios, an artist-run studio and gallery, and Paupers Press, a fine-art print and publishing studio. Alongside his own practice as an artist, Taylor taught for many years at Central Saint Martins, Norwich University of the Arts and Camberwell College of Arts. In 1986, he established Paupers Press and has since worked with many leading and emerging contemporary artists, such as Paula Rego, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Chris Ofili. In 2012, he publishedThe Mechanical Hand: Artists' Projects at Paupers Pressto celebrate the studio's 25th anniversary. Emma Benyon Emma Benyon is a contemporary art curator and the MTSA's Assistant Director, having joined Standpoint in 2017 and led the development of the award since. Benyon curates the exhibition and education programme at Standpoint, which focuses on supporting emerging and mid-career artists to develop and present new work and ideas. She is also the Associate Curator at Cross Lane Projects, supporting the gallery's programmes in Kendal, Cumbria and Vestry St, London. Over the past 10 years, Benyon has curated numerous other exhibitions for international galleries, museums and arts festivals including: Alexander Duncan: blow in, Aldama Fabre Gallery, Bilbao, Spain (2017); George Barber: Fences Make Senses, Waterside Contemporary (2015); Art Brussels: Oreet Ashery, Mathilde ter Heijne, Waterside Contemporary (2015); Art International Istanbul: Nikita Kadan, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, Waterside Contemporary (2015); and Making Sense, Fallout Factory, Liverpool (2014). Jon Wood Jon Wood is a writer and curator, specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Jon worked for many years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and curating exhibitions, and also as an editor of the Sculpture Journal. Recent publications and exhibitions include: 'Contemporary Sculpture: Artists' Writings and Interviews' (2020), 'Tony Cragg at the Boboli Gardens' (2019) and 'Sculpture and Film' (2018). He is a member of the Sculpture UK advisory board and a trustee of the Gabo Trust, which supports research into the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture.