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January 2007, Velociraptor, Metro
"Rees attempts to mix feelings of loss, solitude and vulnerability with a streak of absurdist black humour in her meticulously rehearsed performance pieces… "
January 2006, Me, me, me, Art Review
August 2005, Recipe for Success, City Life "There aren’t many artists who are both contemporary and crowd pleasers… Rees is that rarity in art: someone producing quality, unconventional work that none the less has broad appeal… " July/August 2005, The Day of the Twenty-Four Cakes, Flux 49 "A beneficiary of the affordable ‘DV’ age her work picks up from where the likes of Marina Abramovic and Vito Acconci left off, but she gives it a humorous British spin… " August 18th 2005, The Day of the Twenty Four Cakes, Metro "Like Plath, Rees was interested in domestic tasks as a theme for her artwork and felt particularly interested in elevating such tasks to a grander place in art… " October 11th 2002, How cut-price airlines can strike straight to the art,
The Irish Times "It's not everyday that contemporary art – which can take itself very seriously indeed – makes you laugh out loud, but Rees' videos do all of them. She is a very good performer. " December 2004, Who? Why? What Next?, Fabric (article) (photo) Interview Winter 2002, Perspective ‘02, Circa 102 " Rees’ hysterical All by Myself video warbles desperately at its own insecurities.... her Britney video gives the pop princess a serious run for her money… "
August 2005, Recipe for Success, City Life "There aren’t many artists who are both contemporary and crowd pleasers… Rees is that rarity in art: someone producing quality, unconventional work that none the less has broad appeal… " July/August 2005, The Day of the Twenty-Four Cakes, Flux 49 "A beneficiary of the affordable ‘DV’ age her work picks up from where the likes of Marina Abramovic and Vito Acconci left off, but she gives it a humorous British spin… " August 18th 2005, The Day of the Twenty Four Cakes, Metro "Like Plath, Rees was interested in domestic tasks as a theme for her artwork and felt particularly interested in elevating such tasks to a grander place in art… " October 11th 2002, How cut-price airlines can strike straight to the art,
The Irish Times "It's not everyday that contemporary art – which can take itself very seriously indeed – makes you laugh out loud, but Rees' videos do all of them. She is a very good performer. " December 2004, Who? Why? What Next?, Fabric (article) (photo) Interview Winter 2002, Perspective ‘02, Circa 102 " Rees’ hysterical All by Myself video warbles desperately at its own insecurities.... her Britney video gives the pop princess a serious run for her money… "