Judith Clute Explained

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

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 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.[12]

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.[13] In 2003, Clute acted in the film "A Short Film about John Bolton" directed by Neil Gaiman.[14] 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.[15] In December 2019, Clute did a radio interview with Chiara Ambrosio for "The Raft, a London Story" on Resonance radio, 104.4 fm.[16]

Reception

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."[17] 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."[18]

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."[19]

Awards

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

Selected works

Cover art and illustrations

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grant. John. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. Tiner. Ron. Titon Books. 1996. 1-85286-702-7. 163.
  2. Montegomerie. Lee. War and/or Peace. Interzone. 11. 9.
  3. Web site: Judith Clute. October 29, 2021. Thames-Side Print Studio Shop.
  4. Book: The Association of Illustrators: 10th Annual. Rotovision. 1985. 2-88046-053-0. 146.
  5. Web site: Old Camden Town. October 29, 2021. London Walks.
  6. Book: Mallen, Sean . Falling for London: A Cautionary Tale . 2018-10-13 . Dundurn . 978-1-4597-4196-6 . 109 . en.
  7. Book: Jude, Dick. Fantasy Art Masters: the best in fantasy and sf art worldwide. Collins. 2002. 0-00-713747-8. London. 38.
  8. Book: Langford, David . Starcombing . 2009-05-01 . Wildside Press LLC . 978-0-8095-7348-6 . 21 . en.
  9. Book: Curtis, David. London's New Arts Labs and the 60's Avant Garde. John Libby Publishing. 2020. 978-0-86196-748-3. 117, 118.
  10. Bailey. Hilary. Daddy's Girl. New Worlds. 1975. 9. 0-552-10022-6.
  11. Book: The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery. Paper Tiger. 2002. 1-85585-957-2. Barnet. Paul. 32.
  12. Book: Ashley, Mike . Science-Fiction Rebels: the Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 To 1990: The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine . 2020-02-29 . Oxford University Press . 978-1-78962-171-6 . 132–133 . en.
  13. Brazier. Paul. 2003. Still Turning Motifs Upside Down. Interzone. 188. 34–36. 0264-3596.
  14. Web site: A Short Film About John Bolton. November 4, 2021. IMDb.
  15. Book: Curtis, David. London's New Arts Lab and 60s Avant Garde. 2020 . John Libby Publishing. 978-0-86196-748-3. Appendix 1, 155.
  16. Web site: RAFT on RESONANCE 104.4 fm Episode 20. November 11, 2021. RAFT - A London Story.
  17. Book: Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. 2006 . Old Earth Books. 1-882968-34-4. Mendlesohn. Farah. 8.
  18. Book: Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. Old Earth Books. 2006. 1-882968-34-4. Mendlesohn. Farah. 56.
  19. Book: Judith Clute's Tantalizing 37th Album. Beccon Publications. 2019. 978-1-870824-65-1. 1.
  20. Web site: 2010-2019. November 11, 2021. European Science Fiction Society.
  21. Book: Greenland, Colin. The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock & The British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1983. 0-7100-9310-1.
  22. Book: Russ, Joanna. The Female Man. The Women's Press. 1985. 0-7043-3949-8.
  23. Book: Russ, Joanna. Extra(ordinary) People. The Woman's Press. 1985. 0-7043-3950-1.
  24. Book: Russ, Joanna. The Adventures of Alex. The Women's Press. 1985. 0-7043-3972-2.
  25. Book: Russ, Joanna. The Hidden Side of the Moon. The Women's Press. 1989. 0-7043-4185-9.
  26. Book: Russ, Joanna. We Who Are About To.... The Women's Press. 1989. 0-7043-4085-2.
  27. 1990. All Female Issue!. Interzone. 42. 30–35. 0264-3596.
  28. Book: Clute, John. Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews. Liverpool Press. 1995. 0-85323-820-0.
  29. Book: Kerman. Judith. Uncommon Places: Poems of the Fantastic. Riggs. Don. Mayapple Press. 2000. 0-932412-17-3.
  30. Book: Clute, John. Scores: Reviews. Beccon Publications. 2003. 1-870824-48-2.
  31. Book: Wolfe, Gary K.. Reviews: 1992-1996. Beccon Publications. 2005. 1-870824-50-4.
  32. Book: Hand, Elizabeith. Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol. Beccon Publications. 2006. 1-870824-49-0.
  33. Web site: Forever Peace. To Stop War. Poem by Joe Haldeman. Etchings by Judith Clute. November 4, 2021. Temporary Culture.
  34. Book: Clute, John. Canary Fever: Reviews. Beccon Publications. 2009. 978-1-870824-57-6.
  35. Book: Wolfe, Gary K.. Reviews: 1997-2001. Beccon Publications. 2010. 978-1-870824-58-3.
  36. Book: Wolfe, Gary K. Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006. Beccon Publications. 2011. 978-1-870824-61-3.
  37. Book: Clute, John. Pardon This Intrusion: Fanstistka in the World Storm. Beccon Publications. 2011. 978-1-870824-60-6.
  38. Web site: Morgan. Cheryl. Issue #5. November 11, 2021. Salon Futura. 18 January 2011 .
  39. Book: Clute, John. Stay. Beccon Publications. 2014. 978-1-870824-63-7.
  40. Web site: I Can Spin a Rainbow. November 11, 2021. Bandcamp.
  41. Rudick. Nicole. July 18, 2019. A Universe of One's Own. November 11, 2021. The New York Review of Books. 66 . 12 .

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