"Webster, and her former partner in art, romance and general punk rockery, Tim Noble, hit London in 1992 as the YBAs rose to fame. Five years later, Saatchi stopped by their cheap-as-chips live-work space in Shoreditch and, with his taxi still running outside, snapped up a light sculpture called Toxic Schizophrenia and a shadow sculpture titled Miss Understood and Mr Meanor."
"The shadow sculptures were meticulously melded pieces of junk and detritus which, when lit from one side, projected self-portrait silhouettes onto the wall. Webster says she would sometimes cry when saying goodbye to an artwork after selling it. So what does an artist do when such a long and successful partnership ends? I wanted to unravel my brain, and work out how I ended up here, she says."
"Webster is from Leicester, and met Noble, from Gloucestershire, on the first day of art school in Nottingham. The pair, who made work as a pair for more than 30 years, stopped living together in 2012, divorced in 2018 and cut professional ties in 2020. Now, on the eve of her first institutional solo show, Webster refers back to Tim and Sue in the third person, like it's a brand and I'm dissociated, someone else made that work."
Sue Webster and Tim Noble moved to London in 1992 and rose alongside the YBAs. Charles Saatchi purchased their light work Toxic Schizophrenia and the shadow piece Miss Understood and Mr Meanor from their Shoreditch live-work space. The shadow sculptures were constructed from junk and detritus to project self-portrait silhouettes when lit. Webster sometimes cried when parting with sold artworks. Webster and Noble stopped living together in 2012, divorced in 2018 and ended professional ties in 2020. Webster now feels dissociated from the joint identity and prepares for her first institutional solo show from a studio at Mole House.
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