Stacia Blake
Stacia Blake (born December 26, 1952 in Ireland ) is an Irish artist who became known in the 1970s as a dancer for the English space rock band Hawkwind .
biography
Blake joined Hawkwind in 1971. There are different stories of how the collaboration came about. According to the accompanying text to the album In Search of Space (1971), she was hired by Robert Calvert for the performances of the band. Other sources say she was friends with Nik Turner . In a 2012 interview with Mojo magazine, Turner said he met her at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival . She herself told Melody Maker magazine that she spontaneously went on stage at a Hawkwind concert to dance to the music. Lemmy Kilmister also confirms this .
Stacia Blake, who is noticeably tall (6 feet or more, that's over six feet) and had an expansive bust, often danced partially or completely naked in front of the band, mostly painted with paint. She was part of a stage show, with Andy Dunkley as MC . The artist Barney Bubbles portrayed them on the cover of the double album Space Ritual (1973), which was only realized through the commercial success of its predecessor, Silver Machine . Until 1975 she was an integral part of the Hawkwind stage show. After the tour for the album Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975), she left the band.
She married Roy Dyke , the drummer for Ashton, Gardner & Dyke . She lived with him and her daughter Aysha Dyke in Hamburg and began to paint there. Today she lives as a painter in Ireland.
Exhibitions
- Solo exhibitions
1995 Taidemuseo - Joensuu / Finland
1999 The Daffodil Gallery - Ireland
2000 Oisin Gallery - Dublin / Ireland
2001 Tinahely Courthouse Center - Ireland
2001 Domamaise Theater & Center for the Arts - Ireland
2002 Kolin Ryynänen - Koli / Finland
2002 Galleria, Petra Raasio - Joensuu / Finland
2003 Bank of Ireland - Dublin / Ireland
- Group exhibitions
1997 Bank of Ireland Exhibition - Skerries / Ireland
1998 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
1999 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
1999 Post War Art & Design at Philips Auction House - Edinburgh / Scotland
1999 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
2000 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
2001 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
2002 Blue Leaf Gallery - Dublin / Ireland
2002 Sunlight Studios - Ireland
2003 Blue Leaf Gallery - Dublin / Ireland
2004 Balbriggan Art Festival - Co. Dublin / Ireland
2005 Balbriggan Art Festival - Co. Dublin / Ireland
2006 next door exhibition - Berlin / Germany
Prices
2001 Art Flight Aer Lingus / Arts council
2001 Three month residency at Koli, Finland (Arts Council, Joensuu, Finland)
2005 Tyrone Guthrie Bursary (Arts Office Laois, County Council, Ireland)
literature
- Carol Clerk: The Saga of Hawkwind , Omnibus Press, London [u. a.] 2004, ISBN 9780857120175 ; Preview on Google Books
- Storm Thorgerson , David Howells, Roger Dean : Album Covers Album . Volume 2. Ed. Olms, 1983. ISBN 978-3-283-00156-8
Web links
- Stacia Blake at Allmusic (English)
- Stacia at Discogs (English)
- Stacia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stacia Blake , ARTslant
- Photos of Stacia at a concert in Copenhagen
- A mention of Stacia
- Article about Stacia and other Irish artists
Individual evidence
- ^ Lemmy Kilmister : Lemmy - White Line Fever: Die Autobiographie , Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-67525-4 , p. 51; Preview on Google Books
- ↑ Interview with Stacia in the Penthouse ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1974, Starfarer's Hawkwind Page (English)
- ↑ Interview with Stacia in the Record Mirror ( memento of the original from July 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 3, 1974, Starfarer's Hawkwind Page (English)
- ^ Obituary for Andy Dunkley in The Telegraph , May 27, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Fig. M. short text
- ↑ Kernan Andrews: Journeys through the musical cosmos Interview in Galway Advertiser , July 21, 2011 (English)
- ^ Niall Toner: Time and place: Stacia Blake , The Sunday Times , August 8, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blake, Stacia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stacia (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish dancer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ireland |