Alan Kane

Born in Nottingham in 1961, artist Alan Kane spent seven years creating the Folk Archive with Jeremy Deller. The archive brings together drawing, painting, film, performance, costume, decoration, political opinion and humour, it celebrates activity from a vast range of British pastimes and pursuits.. The archive was first exhibited at the Barbican in 2005 and is now owned by The British council. Alan Kane has recently had solo exhibitions with Artangel and Ancient and Modern Gallery, London.