The Rebel is an independent British art magazine established by artist Harry Pye

Harry Pye

Harry Pye is an artist, writer and event organiser. He was born in London in 1973. He completed a foundation course at Camberwell School of Art in 1991. He then studied printmaking at Winchester School of Art from 1992 to 1995. In his second year he stopped painting and printmaking and began...

 in 1985. It features interviews, reviews with artists, and parodies of features from other publications. Often the cover of the magazine features an image of a famous rebel from history such as Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

, Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...

, Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist writer, best known for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968. She wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which called for male gendercide and the creation of an all-female society.-Early life:Solanas was born in Ventnor City, New Jersey, to Louis...

, or Van Gogh. In December 2007 The Rebel made fun of Art Review's annual list of the most powerful people in the art world. In August 2008 an entire issue of The Rebel was dedicated to the number four.

History

The magazine was named after Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock

Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was an English actor and comedian.-Early life and career:Hancock was born in Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, but from the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, where his father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel in...

's 1961 film

The Rebel (1961 film)

The film The Rebel is a satirical comedy starring the British comedian Tony Hancock, and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.-Plot:...

, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The Rebel is sold at Publish And Be Damned

Publish And Be Damned

Publish And Be Damned is an annual independent publishing fair in London, United Kingdom. Its name comes from the retort of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on being blackmailed by John Joseph Stockdale and Harriette Wilson.-Origin:...

 (an annual self-publishing fair), the Tate Britain

Tate Britain

Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...

 bookshop, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...

.

In January 2008 the editors of the magazine – Jasper Joffe

Jasper Joffe

Jasper Joffe is a British contemporary artist and novelist.-Life and work:Jasper Joffe was born in the United States in 1975 and moved to England when he was eight. He is the brother of artist Chantal Joffe. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford...

, Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, and Harry Pye – were interviewed by art critic Ana Finel Honigman for Saatchi Online. The Rebel is the in-house publication of the London Art Gallery, Sartorial Contemporary Art

Sartorial Contemporary Art

Sartorial Contemporary Art is a contemporary art gallery in central London, England.- Overview :The gallery was founded in 2005 as a project-led space in an 18th century Georgian house on Kensington Church Street in London, England...

. Artists who have designed covers for The Rebel include Bob London, John Strutton, Bob and Roberta Smith, and James Unsworth

James Unsworth

James Unsworth was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm roundarm bowler who played for Lancashire...

. Artists who have been interviewed by the magazine include Liz Neal

Liz Neal

Liz Neal is an artist based in London.Neal grew up in North Wales. She makes paintings and installations which reference sexual, consumer and fantasy imagery. From 2001-2003, Neal turned the front room of her North London flat into an installation by covering every surface of the space with...

, Stella Vine

Stella Vine

Stella Vine is an English artist, who lives and works in London. Her work is figurative painting with subject matter drawn from either her personal life of family, friends and school, or rock stars, royalty and celebrities.After a difficult relationship with her stepfather, she left home and in...

, Rose Gibbs, James Jessop, Mat Humphrey, and Martin Sexton. Contributors to The Rebel include John Hind, Rebecca Geldard, Cathy Lomax

Cathy Lomax

Cathy Lomax is a London artist, curator and director of the Transition Gallery.-Life and career:Cathy Lomax is an artist mainly known for her figurative paintings. She has a BA Fine Art from London Guildhall University , and an MA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design...

, Nathan Penlington

Nathan Penlington

Nathan Penlington , is a poet, writer, live literature producer and magician. His work has appeared on stage, in print and on the radio.- Career :...

, Andrew Petrie, and Stephanie Moran.
The magazine has also featured interviews with musicians and comedians such as Frank Sidebottom

Frank Sidebottom

Christopher Mark Sievey was an English musician and comedian known for fronting the band The Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards....

, Malcolm Hardee

Malcolm Hardee

Malcolm Hardee was an English comedian, author, comedy club proprietor, compère, agent, manager and "amateur sensationalist"....

, Stephen Duffy

Stephen Duffy

Stephen Anthony James Duffy is an English singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member and vocalist/bassist of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother...

, Mr Solo, Tom Bell, Robin Ince

Robin Ince

Robin Ince is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage .-Stand-up comedy:...

, Terry Edwards

Terry Edwards

Terry Edwards is an English musician.Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982, where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz "Six Lane Ends"...

, Robert Newman

Robert Newman

Robert Newman is a British stand-up comedian, author and political activist. In 1993 Newman and his then comedy partner David Baddiel became the first comedians to play and sell out the 12,000-seat Wembley Arena in London...

, Paul Foot

Paul Foot

Paul Mackintosh Foot was a British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party...

, and Trevor Lock

Trevor Lock

Trevor Lock is an English comedian, actor and playwright. He is noted for the circuitous and surreal nature of his stand-up comedy.-Early life:Lock was born in Lincolnshire...

.
The Winter 2010 issue came with a free four track C.D by a new band called The Values. The launch of the magazine, which coincided with an exhibition at the gallery called Values, was featured in Amelia's Magazine (http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/listings/e436/harry-pyes-values-sartorial-contemporary-art)In October 2010 Harry Pye launched an online version of The Rebel. The Rebel Magazine blogspot.com consists of short interviews with musicians and artists such as Paul Heaton

Paul Heaton

Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was a member of The Housemartins, who disbanded in 1988, and a member of The Beautiful South, who disbanded in 2007. He is currently pursuing a solo career....

, Mick Harvey

Mick Harvey

Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...

, and Pete & The Pirates.

External links

• The Rebel MySpace page
• http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/magazines/the_rebel_chooses_the_art_worlds_50_least_important_people_77239.asp?c=rss
  
• http://therebelmagazine.blogspot.com/