Recollections with Stella Keen, the Jeff Keen Estate

13 August 2020

Art360 took part in conversation with the Estate of Jeff Keen, led by the artists' daughter and collaborator, Stella Keen, as a pilot for a digital talk series Recollections, begun in Covid-19, where we unearth hidden aspects of an artists archive and practice.

We have worked with Stella since 2016 through the first Art360 Programme, supporting the development of Jeff Keen's archive and legacy.

Our conversation will explored the following questions and subjects:

  • As the Estate, daughter and collaborator, how does your own presence manifest in the archive, and how can you navigate and represent this when building an artists' legacy?

  • What type of infrastructure and practical support is needed to take a multi-faceted archive, like Jeff Keen's, into the future?

  • What factors make an artists' public legacy? An exploration of the status of the artists' book in the archive, addressing why certain aspects of Jeff Keen's practice are more publicly visible than others.