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Post by booshandleaguefan on Nov 1, 2007 18:48:30 GMT
This was on the official forum:
Rising star
Tania Wade, gallerist
Interview by Alexandra Heminsley Sunday August 19, 2007 The Observer
A Soho cake shop isn't an obvious gallery location, but Tania Wade thought differently. After all, it is Maison Bertaux, every Central Saint Martins art student's cafe of choice. 'They'd been using the room upstairs for years, so I decided it was time to do it properly,' she explains.
And she certainly has: her first show, Woodenship, by newcomer Matthew Buckham, sold out entirely - though you can see his show of rock-star portraits until mid-October.
The secret of the show's buzz was an accident: 'I lost my mobile two days before the opening, so no one could get hold of me. Everyone in the art world thought I was so fabulous turning my phone off for 48 hours, but I actually didn't mean to.'
It hasn't all been plain sailing though, she's been unlucky in love recently. But she does have good friends to help her through, including designer Alexander McQueen. 'I'd had a horrible break-up so he sent me everything a girl who's single needs not to be single!'
Next at the gallery are shows by Richard Dyer and then The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding. To what does Tania attribute her recent success? 'I'm not even in the bloody art world, but I do know what I'm doing - it's buzz and it's common sense.'
ยท Gallery at Maison Bertaux, 27 Greek Street, London W1
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Post by Corrine on Nov 2, 2007 20:04:22 GMT
oooh shibby
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Post by booshandleaguefan on Nov 3, 2007 12:07:57 GMT
Sucks it's in London though. I would so go if it was closer
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