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In 1998 a referendum to leagalise abortion in portugal failed. Paula rego abortion as a subject matter in my pictures. Paula rego 1935 topics dame paula rego dbe ra born 26 january 1935, is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known. Feb 26, 2018 freud and bacon are at the heart of tate britains latest show, and there is a whole room of paula rego paintings,too. Paula rego interview unsettling tableaux of cruelty and sexual transgression permeate paula regos art. See more ideas about artist, paula rego art and drawings. It is filled with props, bits of sets, manikins and models made by. Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her care. She seems matteroffact in her studio among her works and various macabre objects as she discusses, in a stately but stilted rp accent, her jungian psychoanalysis and lifelong experience of depression. Now, at 83, she talks to eva wiseman about cruel fables and the medicinal joy of champagne published. Interview by kate kellaway the portuguese artist sees painting as a way of exacting revenge, and says her work has become less erotic as shes aged sun 15 nov 2015 04. They returned to portugal to marry, but settled in camden town just outside of london.

Paula rego how my work changed after 1993 4151 youtube. Paula rego on her abortion series in her 2019 interview with the guardian. The sinister storyteller strange elusive narratives and figures, both human and animal are constants in paula regos work. At first glance, paula rego s studio, behind the large wooden doors of a nondescript warehouse in kentish town, looks like an explosion at a car boot sale. The assassination of gianni versace, all too human. The girls devoted gaze is the focus of the image, and her rapt face in the mirror draws the eye to the left side of the picture. The art newspaper is the journal of record for the visual arts world, covering international news and events. Dame maria paula figueiroa rego dbe ra born 26 january 1935 is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. A painter of stories, she uses models installation. The oxford dictionary of art and artists oxford university press.

Portugueseborn british painter of figure, animal, and fantasy subjects. Paula regos first major retrospective in this country for 20 years has a terrific setting in the shiny, newlook mk gallery a corrugated stainless steel and glass oasis designed by 6a architects set amid the roundabouts, office buildings and warehouses of milton keynes. Obedience and defiance was a survey of the portuguese artists work that brought politics to the fore. Dame paula rego is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Throughout his life, paula rego passionately supports the benfica football club by the way, the artists grandfather was one of. Mar 21, 2007 girls never get pregnant at the slade school of fine art paula rego duration. Courtesy of the whitworth, the university of manchester. Paula regos revealing new documentary and show artnet news. The importance of paula regos abortion series national. Raised in a liberal family, the painter studied at st. Paula regos particular focus in these stories on the adventures of a heroine, such as brancaflor, reveal that the artist sets out from a personal point of view, identifying with her characters in their confrontation with tragic events, like those that marked her own family life in the mid1970s, and in the conflict of their double nature, sexual and maternal. Artist paula rego biography, exhibitions, art for sale, latest news and work.

Echoing the pastels she predominantly uses for works on paper, the soft. In paula regos impressive oeuvre the contradictions of humanity are fully exposed. When you know your hair looks great, you feel great. The exhibition organised by mk gallery, milton keynes with the.

After first bursting onto the portuguese art scene in 1965. Paula rego dresses a middleaged woman in the famous disney costume to expose the fallible value we tend to assign to youth. Elected honorary fellow of murray edwards college, cambridge, united kingdom. One day, frightened for no apparent reason other than that of a power cut which inconvenienced and possibly frightened the sisters, they brutally. She lays clutching her skirts, as if trying to cling to life and her femininity which are slipping away. Jan 25, 20 it is, says paula rego, as empty as you can get. The interview archive paula rego is as famous as a footballer in her native portugal and her pictures sell for millions. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. In 2004, she had another retrospective at the serralves museum in porto, which was so popular that it had to keep its doors open 24 hours a day. Portuguese painter paula rego, became part of the london group in 1965, was shortlisted for the turner prize in 1989 and became the first associate artist of the national gallery in london in 1990. Find more prominent pieces of symbolic painting at best visual art database. Paula regos london studio feels like a place that might belong to a theatre troupe or a puppeteer. Sep 03, 2008 we was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings into an editioned print. Paula rego nursery rhymes current exhibitions british.

Nov 04, 2009 paula rego interview unsettling tableaux of cruelty and sexual transgression permeate paula regos art. It is the first time in twenty years that the series has been on public display in the united kingdom. Born in 1935, portuguese painter paula rego became part of the london group in 1965, was shortlisted for the turner prize in 1989 and became the first associate artist of the national gallery in. Dame paula rego, dbe born 26 january 1935, is a portuguese visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Paula rego, one of the most important figurative artists working today, works in a studio in london camden town. Her parents were anglophiles paula spoke english from infancy, and at 17 she entered the slade art school in london. Paula rego continues to live and work in london, united kingdom. Who is paula rego, what are her most famous paintings, who is. Paula rego biography 1935 born in lisbon 1945 1951 educated in st. She was born in lisbon, portugal, into a middleclass home. Rego comments this way on how the society imposes on women imagined expectations of youth and beauty. In 1965, she had her first solo exhibition at the sociedade. Paula rego, snow white and her stepmother, pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 178 x 150 cm.

Francine stock, front row interview with paula rego, bbc radio 4, 8 october paul allen, night waves interview with paula rego, bbc radio 4, 17 october jenni murray, womans hour, paula rego interview, radio 4, 22 october. Sue lawleys castaway this week is the artist paula rego. The mother is giving her lessons about looking after her appearance the tricks of the trade, so to speak quoted in judith bumpus, paula rego, encounters, p. In a career that has spanned six decades, her paintings are frequently inspired by her personal fears, desires and. Acclaimed artist paula rego was born in lisbon, studied in london, and is the subject of an exhibition at the marlborough fine art gallery.

A painter of stories celebrated for her dark, complex paintings, prints, drawings, and collages, paula rego draws upon folk and fairytales, literature, and her own biography to create politically charged, deeply unsettling tableaux. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at best visual art database. See more ideas about paula rego art, figure painting and artist. Julians school, spending her adolescence in estoril. Buy paula rego original artwork and paintings at marlborough gallery. She studied at the slade school of art in london from 1952 to 1956, and has lived and worked mainly in london since 1963. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 24,731 views.

Paula rego, an outstanding artist all about portugal. The story at the heart of the painting came to paula rego readymade in the form of jean genets play the maids 1947, itself based on the reallife case of the papin sisters, christine and lea, who worked as maids for a rich parisian family. Her forceful compositions are imbued with crueltyboth subtle and overtand permeated with a sense of. She depicts the human figure predominately from life and thus allows her sitters to flood you with their personality. They are if one allows that families, like countries, have struggles and conflicts political narratives. Born in portugal, she was an only child, and spent her days sitting with the maids as they told tales around the kitchen table. Traditional tales in paula regos artistic career museu. He prostates himself to the shrine at a mad dinner party, over which hangs a sinister pieta the subject of the next picture, where the redfaced sacklike body of the christ figure is.

Inside paula regos madhouse london evening standard. But paula rego has agreed to let the cameras into her life and follow her work as an abstract ar. These psychologically charged presentations of human dramas are based in part on childhood memories. She became aware of the power of the unspoken as keeping secrets was vital to survival. This book, published by the tate, provides a perfect introduction to the artist. Paula rego artist a portuguese childhood web of stories. Paula rego grew up in portugal under the shadow of dictatorship. Paul regos vivacious style, satirical wit, and astonishing gift for storytelling has made her into one of the most inspiring female artists working today. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter paula rego directed by her son, filmmaker nick willing. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter paula rego directed by her son, the film maker nick willing. To listen to more of paula regos stories, go to the playlist. Notoriously private and guarded, rego opens up for the first time, surprising her son with secrets and stories of her unique life, battling fascism, a misogynistic art world and manic depression.

Paula rego paula figueiroa rego, born is a portuguese painter, illustrator and printmaker. Portuguese artist paula rego was born in lisbon, portugal. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from her native portugal. Ive just asked her how long shes been working in this studio, which used. Paula rego little miss muffet i from nursery rhymes, 1989. We was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings into an editioned print.

Paula rego was born in portugal in 1935, and educated there. Paula rego pictures a world of pain apollo magazine. Rego is one of the most important artists living in britain today. War was created in 2003 by paula rego in expressionism style. Her work is strongly influenced by folk and fairy tales, especially those of her homeland. She attended the slade school of fine arts in london, england from 19521956 where she also met her husband, victor willing. Bbc world service the interview archive, paula rego, artist.

Oct 24, 2014 rego draws teodoricos aunt as an imperious monster, banishing him to the desert he quivers, kneesknocking, in stripy leggings, clutching a dress. Paula rego obedience and defiance national galleries of. Paula rego ainda tem muitos planos e objetivos por conquistar. Im interested in seeing things from the underdogs perspective. In response, portuguese artist, paula rego, created the abortion series 1988, a selection of paintings which. For a moment, im not sure if shes joking, but she isnt.

Unsettling images twisted from disney paula rego reinvents fairy tales with eerie scenes. Rego is an incredibly important cultural figure in portugal, considered to be one of the nations most famous and influential artists. Paula rego ls lowry and victor pasmores opinions of my. Usually thats a female perspective from criticism of dictatorship in her native portugal in the 60s to the 90s abortion series and dog women, paula regos subjects are as relevant today as ever. Find out more about paula rego in this extensive interview she gave to the scotsman in 2019.

Paula rego obedience and defiance national galleries of scotland. Girls never get pregnant at the slade school of fine art paula rego duration. This article follows paula regos first experiments in figuration from. Mar 28, 2017 paula rego is widely regarded as one of the worlds greatest living figurative artists. Paula rego biography, interesting facts, famous artworks. Artist paula rego exhibition, art for sale and biography. Storytelling is at the heart of everything she does the 82yearold artists show includes a series of five selfportraits made soon after she fell.

Concurrently this was the year that regos beloved husband, the revered british artist victor willing, passed away. Following the advice of her father, in the 1950s paula rego went abroad to pursue her career away from the dictatorial regime of salazar then established in portugal. Paula rego for sale in uk 60 secondhand paula regos. Her dancing ostriches series was inspired by walt disneys fantasia and is currently being shown at marlborough fine art, london. Visceral and unsettling, paula regos art has challenged us for decades. She studied at the slade school, where she met her husband, the painter victor willing 192888. Julians school in carcavelos, spending her childhood and adolescence in estoril. When she was still a child, her fathers work took him to the united kingdom. See more ideas about artist, painting and paula rego art. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. We was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings.

Dec 02, 2004 there is a display of paula regos work at tate britain until 2 january. This major exhibition was the first ever retrospective of paula regos work to be held in scotland. The importance of paula regos abortion series national galleries. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 25,183 views. Julians school, carcavelos 1952 56 studied painting at the slade school of fine art, london 1957 63 lived in ericeira, portugal with her husband, the painter victor willing 1963 75 lived in london and portugal. All too human follows the depiction of the human in figurative art in the.

She became aware of the power of the unspoken as keeping secrets was. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from. Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. She grew up in a republican and liberal family, linked to both english and french culture, and studied at st. Catapulted onto the international art scene that same year, paula rego was taken on by marlborough fine art, london and honoured with a major retrospective at the serpentine gallery, london. Mar 25, 2017 she is the notoriously private artist who is known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Along the top section of the painting a monstrous female formthat we now know to be a portrayal of her husbands new loverfarts out a phallic shapedtongue.

Rego draws teodoricos aunt as an imperious monster, banishing him to the desert he quivers, kneesknocking, in stripy leggings, clutching a dress. With paula rego, nick willing, john mcewen, jorge sampaio. Her oeuvre has gone through a wide spectrum of characteristics. Regos explorations with lithography, from the early dr dog, dr cat and lessons from 1982 to the jane eyre series of 200102, demonstrate the artists insistent curiosity and inventive approach to printmaking. The fitting was created in 1989 by paula rego in expressionism style. Stray dogs, paula rego s famous painting from 1965, depicts a hideous episode that occurred in barcelona when poisoned meat intended to kill street dogs, ended up killing street children who had mistakenly picked it up. Works on paper is on view at marlborough fine art, london, from march 14 april 1. Paula rego shares her secrets with her son apollo magazine. She went to finishing school in england and then won a place at the slade school of fine art. Her pictures invite, demand even, that you attend to what they are about as well as to how they look. In response, portuguese artist, paula rego, created the abortion series 1988, a selection of paintings which draws attention to the dangers of making abortion illegal. Alain elkann interviews paula rego one of the leading figurative artists of the day. Alain elkann interviews paula rego one of the leading. Paula regos powerful pastels at marlborough fine art.