Английская Википедия:Caroline Coon
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Caroline Coon (born 1945) is an English artist, journalist and political activist. Her artwork often explores sexual themes from a feminist standpoint.[1] Coon had her first solo painting exhibition at the Gallery Liverpool entitled "Caroline Coon: The Great Offender" which ran through May 2018.[2]
Early life and education
Coon was born to a family of Kent landowners and had five brothers. She left home at 16 and moved to London to find a job. She lived in Notting Hill and began by doing some modelling work, including making a softcore porn film.[3][4] Trained as a figurative painter, she became involved in the 1960s underground movement in London while attending art school.
She was educated at Legat Ballet School (1950–55), the Royal Ballet School (1955–61), Northampton College of Art (Fine Art Pre-diploma 1963–65), Central St Martins College of Art (Fine Art 1965–67) and Brunel University London (PSE 1970–72).[5]
Life and work
In 1967, with Rufus Harris, she co-founded Release, an agency set up to provide legal advice and arrange legal representation for young people charged with the possession of drugs.[6]
In the 1970s, she became involved in the London punk scene, writing about bands for Melody Maker and providing artwork for groups including the Clash, whom she briefly managed, and the Police. Her interviews and reviews were noted for interrogating the attitudes of leading punk bands toward gender and sexuality.[7]
In 1995 her painting Mr Olympia was not shown at Tate Liverpool because the male subject had a semi-erect penis.[1] In June 2000 she won damages of £40,000 and legal costs of £33,000 from publisher Random House after author Jonathon Green made false claims regarding her in his 1998 book All Dressed Up: the Sixties and the Counterculture.[8] Coon published an intimate memoir, Laid Bare, in 2016.[9]
She remains politically active, campaigning primarily for feminist causes, including the legalisation of prostitution and the legalisation of drugs.[6]
Influence
In the "Punky Business" episode of the BBC comedy series The Goodies, Jane Asher plays a parody of Coon ("Caroline Kook"), the dream lover of Tim Brooke-Taylor's aspiring punk rock star. Coon also inspired Robert Wyatt's lyrics for the Matching Mole song "O Caroline", the Stranglers' "London Lady" and, in her view,[10] Bob Dylan's "She Belongs to Me", although other women have also been identified as the subject of the song.[11][12][13]
Publications
- The Release Report on Drug Offenders and the Law. Sphere, 1969. Шаблон:ISBN.
- 1988: The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion. Hawthorn, 1977. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Laid Bare – Diary – 1983–1984. Cunst Art, 2016. Шаблон:ISBN.
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Jan Moir "What Caroline Coon did next", The Guardian; 17 March 1983, Sixties, p. 6
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Caroline Coon. The Hyman Collection. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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- ↑ Michael Smith "Sex-for-charity slur costs £40,000", The Daily Telegraph, 13 June 2000
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