Sam Taylor-Wood
Sue Lawley's castaway is artist Sam Taylor-Wood.
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Sam Taylor-Wood. She is known for her photography and short films, including 'David' - a film of the footballer David Beckham sleeping - and her 365-degree photograph that was wrapped around the Selfridges store in central London. She is one half of art's most glamorous couple - her husband is the art dealer Jay Jopling.
Her route into art was scattered and uncertain. Although she knew she wanted to study art, she ended up taking a BTech in fashion before studying art at Goldsmiths. In 1997 she was awarded a prize as the most promising new artist at the Venice Biennale, but the same year saw the birth of her daughter and within months she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She fought it off only to find within a few years, that she was suffering from breast cancer. She emerged from illness with a major show at the Haywood Gallery - said to be the youngest person to be granted a retrospective there. She now says that her illness has given her a drive to keep working - and to do whatever seems the most fun.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Book: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
Luxury: Karaoke machine
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Elton John
Tiny Dancer
- Madman Across the Water.
- DJM.
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Nina Simone
Wild is the Wind
- Gold.
- Universal.
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The Rolling Stones
Sympathy For The Devil
- Sympathy for the Devil.
- ABKCO.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (from Orpheus and Euridice)
Soloist: Jochen Kowalski Choir: Berlin Radio Chorus Orchestra: Berlin Radio Chamber Orchestra
- Orfeo and Euridice.
- Capriccio.
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Sim贸n D铆az
Tonada de Luna Llena
Soloist: Caetano Veloso
- Fina Estampa.
- Philips.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Black Hair
- The Boatman's Call.
- Mute.
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Johnny Cash
One
- American. Vol 3: Solitary Man.
- American.
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Rufus Wainwright
Vibrate
- Want One.
- Dreamworks.
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Book Choice
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Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes
Luxury Choice
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Karaoke machine
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Sam Taylor-Wood |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Jan 2005 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 21 Jan 2005 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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