Judith Clute

Judith Clute (born 1942) is a Canadian painter,[1] graphic designer,[2] print-maker,[3] and illustrator[4] who has created cover art and illustrations for a number of well-known science fiction authors and magazines. Clute has British citizenship and works in London. She is also a tour guide with the Original London Walks.[5][6]

Life and career

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Judith Rosanne Wood James was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1942, but grew up in Toronto and matriculated from Bishop Strachan School in 1961. In the same year she was invited to be a painting apprentice for two years in Vancouver with Françoise Andre and Charles Stegeman.[7] She married John Clute in 1964 and they moved to Camden Town in London in 1969.[7][8] From the beginning of her time in London, Clute became involved with the New Arts Lab. In June 1970, she participated in an exhibition with Pamela Zoline entitled "Judith Clute: Diagrams/Similes and Pamela Zoline: Things in the World" at the London New Arts Lab. In the exhibition's press release Clute's paintings were described as having "mount[ed] campaigns against easy reading".[9]

In 1975, for New Worlds, Clute did an India ink illustration for "Daddy's Girl" by Joanna Russ.[10] It marked the beginning of the style she is known for: "constructing things from disparate elements".[11] For the next five decades, Clute continued to produce works in this style, participating in 37 painting exhibitions to date[12] and creating illustrations for a number of well-known science fiction authors and magazines. Interzone #42 (December 1990), an all-female issue, used illustrations by Clute throughout.[13]

In Interzone #188, her artwork was displayed on the cover, and her life and work was discussed in an article entitled "Still Turning Motif's Upside Down" by Paul Brazier.[14] In 2003, Clute acted in the film "A Short Film about John Bolton" directed by Neil Gaiman.[15] In 2018, Clute participated in the pop-up show An Arts Lab Continuum at Spitalfields Studios, with six of the other artists who had been involved in the 1960s and early 1970s in the arts labs of Drury Lane and Robert Street.[16] In December 2019, Clute did a radio interview with Chiara Ambrosio for "The Raft, a London Story" on Resonance radio, 104.4 fm.[17]

Reception

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In 2006, Farah Mendlesohn compiled a festschrift for John and Judith Clute entitled Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute, saying in the book's introduction: "Judith Clute has been referred to as a fantasy artist. Within the genre this tends to conjure up images of fantasy illustration, but Judith's work is not an illustration of fantasy, but part of the fantastic genre itself … Judith turns the world around, exposes the mimetic as gloriously unnatural."[18] Later on in the book Candas Jane Dorsey comments that Clute "sees the world with that fresh, slightly sideways glance that imposes no filters, and draws no foregone conclusions. As a result of combining that directness of observation with an accumulation of wordless wisdom, Judith has an eccentric and unique artistic vision, and thus a unique and eccentric body of significant work."[19]

In Judith Clute's Tantalizing 37th album Geoff Ryman said about her one-person show at Camden Images Gallery that "this is Judith Clute's 37th exhibition … You could call it expressionist except that works express calm, fluidity, balance, and elegance rather than rage of energy. Even when the content seems to be screaming."[12]

Awards

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In 2017, Clute won the "Best Artist Award" delivered by the European Science Fiction Society.[20]

Selected works

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Cover art and illustrations

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Selected bibliography

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  • The Association of Illustrators: 10th Annual, Rotovision, 1985, page 146, ISBN 2-88046-053-0
  • The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Art Techniques, John Grant & Ron Tiner, Titan Books, 1996, page 163, ISBN 1-85286-702-7
  • Fantasy Art Masters: The Best In Fantasy and SF Art World Wide, Dick Jude, Harper Collins, 2002, page 38-49 inclusive, ISBN 0-00-713747-8
  • Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery, edited by Paul Barnett, Paper Tiger, 2002, pages 30–35 inclusive, ISBN 1-85585-957-2
  • Interzone #188, editor David Pringle, "Still Turning Motifs Upside Down", Paul Brazier, Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2003, pages 34–36 inclusive, ISSN 0264-3596
  • Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute, edited by Farah Mendlesohn, Old Earth Books, 2006. ISBN 1-882968-34-4
  • London's Arts Labs and the 60's Avant Garde, David Curtis, John Libbey Publishing, 2020, pages 117-118 inclusive, ISBN 978-0-86196-748-3

References

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  1. ^ Grant, John; Tiner, Ron (1996). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. Titon Books. p. 163. ISBN 1-85286-702-7.
  2. ^ Montegomerie, Lee. "War and/or Peace". Interzone. No. 11. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Judith Clute". Thames-Side Print Studio Shop. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ The Association of Illustrators: 10th Annual. Rotovision. 1985. p. 146. ISBN 2-88046-053-0.
  5. ^ "Old Camden Town". London Walks. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Mallen, Sean (2018-10-13). Falling for London: A Cautionary Tale. Dundurn. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4597-4196-6.
  7. ^ a b Jude, Dick (2002). Fantasy Art Masters: the best in fantasy and sf art worldwide. London: Collins. p. 38. ISBN 0-00-713747-8.
  8. ^ Langford, David (2009-05-01). Starcombing. Wildside Press LLC. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8095-7348-6.
  9. ^ Curtis, David (2020). London's New Arts Labs and the 60's Avant Garde. John Libby Publishing. pp. 117, 118. ISBN 978-0-86196-748-3.
  10. ^ Bailey, Hilary, ed. (1975). "Daddy's Girl". New Worlds. 9. ISBN 0-552-10022-6.
  11. ^ Barnet, Paul, ed. (2002). The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery. Paper Tiger. p. 32. ISBN 1-85585-957-2.
  12. ^ a b Judith Clute's Tantalizing 37th Album. Beccon Publications. 2019. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-870824-65-1.
  13. ^ Ashley, Mike (2020-02-29). Science-Fiction Rebels: the Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 To 1990: The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine. Oxford University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-1-78962-171-6.
  14. ^ Brazier, Paul (2003). "Still Turning Motifs Upside Down". Interzone. No. 188. pp. 34–36. ISSN 0264-3596.
  15. ^ "A Short Film About John Bolton". IMDb. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  16. ^ Curtis, David (2020). London's New Arts Lab and 60s Avant Garde. John Libby Publishing. pp. Appendix 1, 155. ISBN 978-0-86196-748-3.
  17. ^ "RAFT on RESONANCE 104.4 fm Episode 20". RAFT - A London Story. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  18. ^ Mendlesohn, Farah, ed. (2006). Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. Old Earth Books. p. 8. ISBN 1-882968-34-4.
  19. ^ Mendlesohn, Farah, ed. (2006). Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. Old Earth Books. p. 56. ISBN 1-882968-34-4.
  20. ^ "2010-2019". European Science Fiction Society. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  21. ^ Greenland, Colin (1983). The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock & The British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-9310-1.
  22. ^ Russ, Joanna (1985). The Female Man. The Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-3949-8.
  23. ^ Russ, Joanna (1985). Extra(ordinary) People. The Woman's Press. ISBN 0-7043-3950-1.
  24. ^ Russ, Joanna (1985). The Adventures of Alex. The Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-3972-2.
  25. ^ Russ, Joanna (1989). The Hidden Side of the Moon. The Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-4185-9.
  26. ^ Russ, Joanna (1989). We Who Are About To... The Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-4085-2.
  27. ^ "All Female Issue!". Interzone. No. 42. 1990. pp. 30–35. ISSN 0264-3596.
  28. ^ Clute, John (1995). Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews. Liverpool Press. ISBN 0-85323-820-0.
  29. ^ Kerman, Judith; Riggs, Don (2000). Uncommon Places: Poems of the Fantastic. Mayapple Press. ISBN 0-932412-17-3.
  30. ^ Clute, John (2003). Scores: Reviews. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1-870824-48-2.
  31. ^ Wolfe, Gary K. (2005). Reviews: 1992-1996. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1-870824-50-4.
  32. ^ Hand, Elizabeith (2006). Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1-870824-49-0.
  33. ^ "Forever Peace. To Stop War. Poem by Joe Haldeman. Etchings by Judith Clute". Temporary Culture. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  34. ^ Clute, John (2009). Canary Fever: Reviews. Beccon Publications. ISBN 978-1-870824-57-6.
  35. ^ Wolfe, Gary K. (2010). Reviews: 1997-2001. Beccon Publications. ISBN 978-1-870824-58-3.
  36. ^ Wolfe, Gary K (2011). Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006. Beccon Publications. ISBN 978-1-870824-61-3.
  37. ^ Clute, John (2011). Pardon This Intrusion: Fanstistka in the World Storm. Beccon Publications. ISBN 978-1-870824-60-6.
  38. ^ Morgan, Cheryl (18 January 2011). "Issue #5". Salon Futura. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  39. ^ Clute, John (2014). Stay. Beccon Publications. ISBN 978-1-870824-63-7.
  40. ^ "I Can Spin a Rainbow". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  41. ^ Rudick, Nicole (July 18, 2019). "A Universe of One's Own". The New York Review of Books. 66 (12). Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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