bibliography
Anything that has ever been written about
John and his work.
| 2007 |
Public Art for Beijing Olympics- City Sculpture Proposals p 89 (The Competitor) p 134
(Strange Meeting) ISBN 7-5074-1794-8
Art & Architecture Journal. Commissions & Projects; Pound Mill, Staines, page 57
Commissions in the North East of England, 2003-2007, by Arts Council England, part
financed by the European Union, European Regional Development Fund and One
North East. Section 12, Tees Valley, featured article on NZ323135, Morton palms
Public Artwork by John Atkin |
| 2006 |
Green Place Journal. May 2006. ISSN 1742-3716. Page nos. 2. Land Use article,
News. Pound Mill public sculpture commission review. ISSN. Author Sutherland Lyall |
| 2005 |
Art & Architecture Journal. . Page 56. Number 63 Autumn 2005. ISSN 1360-3256
Commissions. Review NZ323135 (Public Sculpture)
Arts Monthly San Francisco. Volume 15. Issue 9. Page 7. Review of group exhibition at
Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco
Art & Architecture Journal. Number 61. ISSN No. 1360-3256. February 2005. Public
Art-Urbanism-Architecture. Missions & Projects. Review of Dal Fabrro’s Chariot,
Liverpool |
| 2004 |
A-N Magazine. June 2004. ISNN No. 9-770261-342034 Review. Man and Machine.
Review of exhibition, Chappel Galleries, Colchester
Arts Quarterly. New Orleans Museum of Art, Volume XXVI Issue 2. From Another
Dimension, Works on Paper, by Daniel Piersol
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| 2003 |
Daniel Smith, "Salute to The Rushes" Loughborough Echo 24th
Ocober "Pointing to the future", The Echo, 31st Ocober Darren Beck, "Big Day", Leicester
Mercury, 27th October Romeike, "Pride
of Place", Leicester
Mercury, 22nd October Tim Fargher, "John
Atkin", Galleries,
May Issue 241 ISSN 0265-7511 Cheryl Markosky,
"A Massive Remodelling Job", The
Independent, 4th June Sutherland Lyall,
"Under the Weather", The
Architects Journal, 9-770003 846080 Sonia
Carvill, "Maritime Art on the Waterfront", East Anglian Daily Times,
21st May Amanda Cresswell, "What is
it?", Evening Star,
16th May "The Navigator", Navigation
News, ISSN 0268 6317 Thomas Krens, "Thinking
Big - Concepts for Twenty First Century British Sculpture", catalogue introduction,
Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood, West Sussex, UK Tim Marlowe, "Thinking Big", catalogue
essay, Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood, West Sussex,
UK
The Architects Journal. 26/06/03. ISSN. 0003 8466. Metal Works Cor-Ten. Under the
Weather, by Sutherland Lyall. The Navigator, Ipswich is a featured artwork
"The Navigator", Navigation News, ISSN 0268 6317. Review of public sculpture by
John Atkin
Art & Architecture Journal. No 59.ISSN 1360-3256.Page 48. Review of two new
sculptures, The Navigator public artwork and The Signaler public artwork.
Galleries. May 2003. Tim Fargher, "John Atkin", Galleries, May Issue 241 ISSN 0265-
7511 Review of exhibition at Christchurch Mansion Museum, Ipswich |
| 2002 |
Roberta Fallon, "On Again, Off Again" Review
of Scorched Earth at Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Weekly
Thinking Big - Concepts for Twenty First Century British Sculpture. Introduction by
Thomas Krens, Director, Soloman R Guggenheim Foundation. Essay, 'Thinking Big' by
Tim Marlowe, Broadcaster and Creative Director for Sculpture at Goodwood. ISBN
09537794-3-2
Sculpture Magazine. Vol 21. No 7. Published by International Sculpture Center.
Scorched Earth. Review of Exhibition at Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia PA. |
| 2001 |
Sculpture Magazine. Forum. Issue 8. Vol. 20 page 7. October 2001. ISSN 08989-728X
Public Art Competitions in Sculpture Education. John Atkin in conversation with Carol
Sterling ISC Officer.
Review. February 2001, Volume 3, No. 4. Published at 1427 W. Ninth St. Suite 203,
Kansas City Missouri 64101. USA. John Atkin The Made and the Unmade by Leesa
Fanning. Review of solo exhibition at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City
The Kansas City Star. Preview/Art. Friday January 19th. The Show. A Kinder, gentler
side to British Art… Review of solo exhibition at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art |
| 2000 |
Marian McLellan, "Scorched Earth" Review
of Scorched Earth Drawings at Sylvia Schmidt Gallery,
New Orleans Art Review Bookhardt, "On
The Walls" Review
of Scorched Earth Drawings at Sylvia Schmidt Gallery,
Gambit Weekly, New Orleans "Gt. Eastern
Hotel" Review of commission
work for Conran Hotel, The Architects Journal, London. "The Gt. Eastern Look", The
Sunday Times, London Robert Smith, "Distant
Voices", Davis Gallery,MA,
Art New England |
| 1999 |
C. Yannopoulos, "Say It With Feeling", Review
of Abstraction 2 to 3, Cleveland State University Art
Gallery, Ohio, Cleveland Scene Maria Floyd,
"Review of Abstraction 2 to 3", Cleveland
Ohio Steven Litt, "Abstraction is
Alive and Well" Review
of Abstraction 2 to 3, Cleveland State University Art
Gallery, Ohio, Plain Dealer Art Critic "Cubist Assemblages" Review
of Distant Voices, Grayson Gallery, Vermont, Rutland
Daily Herald "Out of the Crucible
- An exhibition of bronze sculpture", catalogue,
Loughborough University |
| 1997 |
Mel Gooding, "In Residence, In Transit. Inaugural
Exhibition", Stanley
Picker Gallery |
| 1996 |
Peter Wheeler, John Atkin, "Sculpture at Buddon
Wood" Catalogue, Sponsored
by Redland Aggregates, Quorn, Leicestershire, UK |
| 1995 |
Peter Wheeler, "John Atkin - Embers", Northan
Arts, DLI Gallery Durham, UK "Turning
a load of rubbish into Art", Review
of Embers, DLI Gallery, The Northern Echo, Durham, UK "Hang It, That’s Art!" Review
of Embers, DLI Gallery, Northern Notebook, Durham, UK |
| 1994 |
The Loughborough Group. Forward by Philomena Davidson
Davis, President of Royal Society of British Sculptors, Essay by Peter Wheeler.
Published 1994 |
| 1993 |
"Open Crossing", Group
exhibition BBK, The British Council, Kent Institute
of Art & Design, Kulturamt der Stadt Dusseldorf Kunst Kurier, "Zeitscrift Fur Kunst und Kultur" Open Crossing, Neue Arbeiten
Vom, Kent Institute of Art & Design, HH-U. Priefert |
| 1991 |
William Varley and Maudie Palmer, "John Atkin,
Recent Work", Published
by Northern Arts, The Arts Centre Darlington, Middlesbrough
Borough Council. W.E. Johnson, "7
Days" Review of 3
person exhibition, John Atkin, Frank Auerbach, Victor
Pasmore, at Middlesbrough Art Gallery Carrick
Hill, "The Artful Garden" Adelaide,
South Australia. Publication guide of works in the collection.
Published by Foundation South Australia |
| 1990 |
Norris Ioannou, "Giving form to the debris of
contemporary society" Review
of Sculpture at The Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia Art in Australia. Special edition concentrating on War
Art
"Talkback", Guest
host radio program, interview with Maudie Palmer, MOMA
@ Heide, Geoffrey Edwards, Curator National gallery
of Victoria, Melbourne, Frances Lindsay, Monash University Frank McBride, "John Atkin - Sculpture", catalogue
essay, The Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia John Neylon, "The Sinister Side" . Review
of Sculpture at The Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia,
The Adelaide Review "The National
Garden Festival, Gateshead", Publication
based on national group exhibition of contemporary outdoor
sculpture. "Horror of Obelisk", The Watcher, Grays Art
Gallery, Hartlepool Mail |
| 1989 |
Maria Prerauer, "A young sculptor who’s
always had a bit Moore" Review
of exhibition, Sculpture and Drawings at Heide Park
and Art Gallery, The Australian, National broad-sheet
newspaper Elwyn Lynn, "Sculpture to
focus eye and mind", Review
of Sculpture and Drawings at Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney,
The Weekend Australian, National broad-sheet newspaper Anna Murdoch, "A Struggle For Sculpture" Profile
of artist and forthcoming exhibition at Heide Park &
Art Gallery, Melbourne, The Age September "John Atkin, Sculpture and Works on Paper", Catalogue essay by Maudie
Palmer, Director, MOMA @ Heide, Melbourne Victoria.
Published by the Australia Council "UK
Art Show", Review
of exhibition at Heide Park & Art Gallery, Melbourne,
Doncaster and Templestowe News Jenny Zimmer,
"Atkin wrapped-up in distress", Review
of exhibition at Heide Park & Art Gallery, The Sunday
Herald "A Sense of Place", Grizedale
Forest, Cumbria. Arts Council documentary for Channel
4 TV. Produced by Maggie Ellis Bill Varley,
"Grizedale Forest Sculpture", The
Guardian "An Image of War", Profile
of John Atkin working in Kendal, Cumbria. Westmoreland
Gazzette Mary Rose Beaumont, "Picker
Fellows at Kingston", The
Stanley Picker Trust, Watermans, Kingston Polytechnic "The Watcher wants a Marina look-in". Tabloid
Newspaper, Star Series, Hartlepool "Memorial
to men of steel", Letters
page, The Mail, Hartlepool Steve Hilton
"Criticised sculpture gets official unveiling", The Northern Echo, Darlington "The Watcher going on view. Large scale public
sculpture for Hartlepool marina development, Cleveland", Northern Echo, regional
broadsheet "Head will keep watch", Letters page, The Mail,
Hartlepool "What on earth", The
Mail, Hartlepool |
| 1988 |
"John Atkin", Mildura
Sculpture Triennial Exhibition. Vic, Australia. Australian
local TV. Interview and profile of the artist and works
in the exhibition. "Sphynx on the
move to Australia", Profile
of new sculpture by John Atkin made at Kendal Studio
Potteries, Kendal, The Westmoreland Gazette Ray Watson, "A head for business", Expamet
Products Journal |
| 1987 |
Andrew Graham Dixon, "Fender Bender" Review
of 3-man show at City Artists Gallery, London. The Independent |
| 1986 |
"John Atkin-Strange Meeting" BBC
TV documentary profile, first screened in 1986, repeated
in 1987, 1988, 1989. National coverage. 10 mins duration. Hans Peter Adamski, John
Atkin. Profile of
new artists at Basle, Switzerland. Publication. Other
artists featured, Beuys, Boltanski, Baselitz, Basquiat,
Barcelo. "Six of the best", Review
of group show at Exchange Square, Hartlepool. King,
Nash, Kenney, Caro, Hall, Atkin. Hong Kong Standard Nigel Rosser, "Sculpture Beyond Moore", Review
of exhibition at Exchange Square, Hong Kong. Phillip
King, David Nash, Mike Kenny and John Atkin. South China
Morning Post Waldemar Januszczak, "Three
Decades of Contemporary Art, The Eighties", Catalogue
essay, Juda Rowan Gallery, London Patricia
Bickers, "Twenty Five Years at Juda Rowan", Review of survey exhibition,
Arts Monthly |
| 1985 |
"John Atkin - Strange Meeting", BBC
Radio Newcastle. Interview relating to exhibition at
the Hatton Gallery Kate Bailey "Father,
son and the haunting ghost of an earlier life…" Profile of John Atkin,
The Northern Echo Mike Neville "Interview
with John Atkin - Sculptor", Hatton
Gallery, BBC Look North William Varley,
"John Atkin" Hatton
Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, The Guardian "Interview - John Atkin" Profile
of the artist, Courtesy of Juda Rowan Gallery, Café-Crème
Magazine, Paris Sara Selwood, "Strange
Meeting" Hatton Gallery,
Newcastle upon Tyne. Publication / Poster. Waldemar Januszczak, "The Hare that Leaps from
Summer", The Guardian,
Selected review of Sculpture RCA Degree Shows |
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